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SubjectRe: [PATCH] lib/genalloc.c: add check gen_pool_dma_alloc() if dma pointer is not NULL
Hi Sachin,

On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Sachin Kamat <sachin.kamat@linaro.org> wrote:
> Hi Prabhakar,
>
> On 23 January 2014 15:26, Prabhakar Lad <prabhakar.csengg@gmail.com> wrote:
>> From: "Lad, Prabhakar" <prabhakar.csengg@gmail.com>
>>
>> In the gen_pool_dma_alloc() the dma pointer can be NULL
>> and while assigning gen_pool_virt_to_phys(pool, vaddr) to
>> dma caused the following crash on da850 evm,
>>
> [snip]
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Lad, Prabhakar <prabhakar.csengg@gmail.com>
>> ---
>> lib/genalloc.c | 3 ++-
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/lib/genalloc.c b/lib/genalloc.c
>> index dda3116..f48163f 100644
>> --- a/lib/genalloc.c
>> +++ b/lib/genalloc.c
>> @@ -334,7 +334,8 @@ void *gen_pool_dma_alloc(struct gen_pool *pool, size_t size, dma_addr_t *dma)
>> if (!vaddr)
>> return NULL;
>>
>> - *dma = gen_pool_virt_to_phys(pool, vaddr);
>> + if (dma)
>> + *dma = gen_pool_virt_to_phys(pool, vaddr);
>
> Wouldn't it be better to return (with error/message) if dma is NULL
> rather than silently ignore it?
>
I am not sure if returning here with error is OK,
may be just adding a warning message could be OK ?

Regards,
--Prabhakar Lad


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