[PATCH 3.2 200/200] intel_idle: Check cpu_idle_get_driver() for NULL before dereferencing it.

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Sun Mar 30 2014 - 19:34:04 EST


3.2.56-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit 3735d524da64b70b41c764359da36f88aded3610 upstream.

If the machine is booted without any cpu_idle driver set
(b/c disable_cpuidle() has been called) we should follow
other users of cpu_idle API and check the return value
for NULL before using it.

Reported-and-tested-by: Mark van Dijk <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/idle/intel_idle.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
@@ -584,8 +584,9 @@ static int __init intel_idle_init(void)
intel_idle_cpuidle_driver_init();
retval = cpuidle_register_driver(&intel_idle_driver);
if (retval) {
+ struct cpuidle_driver *drv = cpuidle_get_driver();
printk(KERN_DEBUG PREFIX "intel_idle yielding to %s",
- cpuidle_get_driver()->name);
+ drv ? drv->name : "none");
return retval;
}


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