Re: [PATCH] defxx: Fix a sentinel at the end of a 'eisa_device_id' structure

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Mon Feb 03 2020 - 04:58:30 EST


On Sun, Feb 02, 2020 at 03:23:41PM +0100, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> 'struct eisa_device_id' must be ended by an empty string, not a NULL
> pointer. Otherwise, a NULL pointer dereference may occur in
> 'eisa_bus_match()'.
>
> Also convert some spaces to tab to please 'checkpatch.pl'.
>
> Fixes: e89a2cfb7d7b ("[TC] defxx: TURBOchannel support")
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/fddi/defxx.c | 10 +++++-----
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/fddi/defxx.c b/drivers/net/fddi/defxx.c
> index 077c68498f04..7ef0c57f07c6 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/fddi/defxx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/fddi/defxx.c
> @@ -3768,11 +3768,11 @@ static void dfx_pci_unregister(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_EISA
> static const struct eisa_device_id dfx_eisa_table[] = {
> - { "DEC3001", DEFEA_PROD_ID_1 },
> - { "DEC3002", DEFEA_PROD_ID_2 },
> - { "DEC3003", DEFEA_PROD_ID_3 },
> - { "DEC3004", DEFEA_PROD_ID_4 },
> - { }
> + { "DEC3001", DEFEA_PROD_ID_1 },
> + { "DEC3002", DEFEA_PROD_ID_2 },
> + { "DEC3003", DEFEA_PROD_ID_3 },
> + { "DEC3004", DEFEA_PROD_ID_4 },
> + { "" }

You haven't changed runtime at all. :P (struct eisa_device_id)->sig[]
is an array, not a pointer. There is no NULL dereference because an
array in the middle of another array can't be NULL.

regards,
dan carpenter