Re: [PATCH 1/2] mtd: parsers: qcom: Fix kernel panic on skipped partition

From: Miquel Raynal
Date: Sun Jan 23 2022 - 10:23:29 EST


On Sun, 2022-01-16 at 03:22:10 UTC, Ansuel Smith wrote:
> In the event of a skipped partition (case when the entry name is empty)
> the kernel panics in the cleanup function as the name entry is NULL.
> Rework the parser logic by first checking the real partition number and
> then allocate the space and set the data for the valid partitions.
>
> The logic was also fundamentally wrong as with a skipped partition, the
> parts number returned was incorrect by not decreasing it for the skipped
> partitions.
>
> Fixes: 803eb12 ("mtd: parsers: Add Qcom SMEM parser")
> Signed-off-by: Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied to https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mtd/linux.git mtd/next, thanks.

Miquel