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mm/dmapool.c: fix null dev in dma_pool_create()
authorXi Wang <xi.wang@gmail.com>
Thu, 23 May 2013 00:37:23 +0000 (10:37 +1000)
committerStephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Mon, 27 May 2013 06:09:07 +0000 (16:09 +1000)
commit4496ece1452cc7578cc7434fc997188f4bb297d2
treec8730c2b0660c551f696a52f6c6297ab79003182
parent6d3f1da0c6f85f4d88c3fe24edfa6a6f7cdad0eb
mm/dmapool.c: fix null dev in dma_pool_create()

A few drivers invoke dma_pool_create() with a null dev.  Note that dev is
dereferenced in dev_to_node(dev), causing a null pointer dereference.

A long term solution is to disallow null dev.  Once the drivers are fixed,
we can simplify the core code here.  For now we add WARN_ON(!dev) to
notify the driver maintainers and avoid the null pointer dereference.

Signed-off-by: Xi Wang <xi.wang@gmail.com>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
mm/dmapool.c