Re: [PATCH] mmc: fix to refer NULL pointer

[Guennadi Liakhovetski]

On Sat, 26 Jan 2013, Joonyoung Shim wrote:

> Check whether host->sdio_irq_thread is NULL before wake_up_process() is
> called about host->sdio_irq_thread.

Actually, mmc_signal_sdio_irq() shouldn't be called if SDIO IRQ isn't 
used...

Thanks
Guennadi

> 
> Signed-off-by: Joonyoung Shim <jy0922.shim@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Currently the kernel panic to refer NULL pointer about
> host->sdio_irq_thread are occuring at the trats board using Samsung
> SDHCI driver.
> 
>  include/linux/mmc/host.h |    3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/mmc/host.h b/include/linux/mmc/host.h
> index 61a10c1..2950fea 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mmc/host.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mmc/host.h
> @@ -372,7 +372,8 @@ static inline void mmc_signal_sdio_irq(struct mmc_host *host)
>  {
>  	host->ops->enable_sdio_irq(host, 0);
>  	host->sdio_irq_pending = true;
> -	wake_up_process(host->sdio_irq_thread);
> +	if (host->sdio_irq_thread)
> +		wake_up_process(host->sdio_irq_thread);
>  }
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_REGULATOR
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
> 
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