[PATCH][TRIVIAL] mtip32xx: Fix NULL pointer dereference during moduleunload

From: Sam Bradshaw
Date: Tue May 14 2013 - 17:51:07 EST


An open file-handle to one or more of the driver exported debugfs
nodes causes raciness in recursive removal during module unload;
sometimes a stale parent dentry is dereferenced when more than 1
pci device is present.

Signed-off-by: Sam Bradshaw <sbradshaw@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c
b/drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c
index 847107e..e366c74 100644
--- a/drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c
+++ b/drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c
@@ -3002,7 +3002,8 @@ static int mtip_hw_debugfs_init(struct driver_data
*dd)

static void mtip_hw_debugfs_exit(struct driver_data *dd)
{
- debugfs_remove_recursive(dd->dfs_node);
+ if (dd->dfs_node)
+ debugfs_remove_recursive(dd->dfs_node);
}



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