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Subject[PATCH] arch: powerpc: kernel: fadump.c: Cleaning up inconsistent NULL checks
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Cleaning up inconsistent NULL checks.
There is otherwise a risk of a possible null pointer dereference.

Was largely found by using a static code analysis program called cppcheck.

Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@spectrumdigital.se>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
index 2230fd0..a76e7a4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ static int __init fadump_build_cpu_notes(const struct fadump_mem_struct *fdm)
}
/* Lower 4 bytes of reg_value contains logical cpu id */
cpu = reg_entry->reg_value & FADUMP_CPU_ID_MASK;
- if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &fdh->cpu_online_mask)) {
+ if (fdh && !cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &fdh->cpu_online_mask)) {
SKIP_TO_NEXT_CPU(reg_entry);
continue;
}
@@ -662,9 +662,11 @@ static int __init fadump_build_cpu_notes(const struct fadump_mem_struct *fdm)
}
fadump_final_note(note_buf);

- pr_debug("Updating elfcore header (%llx) with cpu notes\n",
+ if (fdh) {
+ pr_debug("Updating elfcore header (%llx) with cpu notes\n",
fdh->elfcorehdr_addr);
- fadump_update_elfcore_header((char *)__va(fdh->elfcorehdr_addr));
+ fadump_update_elfcore_header((char *)__va(fdh->elfcorehdr_addr));
+ }
return 0;

error_out:
--
1.7.10.4


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