From: Mike Dunn <hidden> Date: 2013-09-16 17:06:52
A NULL pointer dereference exception occurs in the driver probe function when
device tree is used. The pdata pointer will be NULL in this case, but the code
dereferences it in all cases. When device tree is used, a platform data
structure is allocated and initialized, and in all cases this pointer is copied
to the driver's private data, so the variable being tested should be accessed
through the driver's private data structure.
Signed-off-by: Mike Dunn <redacted>
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drivers/input/keyboard/pxa27x_keypad.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
From: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de> Date: 2013-09-16 16:49:55
Dear Mike Dunn,
quoted hunk
A NULL pointer dereference exception occurs in the driver probe function
when device tree is used. The pdata pointer will be NULL in this case,
but the code dereferences it in all cases. When device tree is used, a
platform data structure is allocated and initialized, and in all cases
this pointer is copied to the driver's private data, so the variable being
tested should be accessed through the driver's private data structure.
Signed-off-by: Mike Dunn <redacted>
---
drivers/input/keyboard/pxa27x_keypad.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 06:49:53PM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
Dear Mike Dunn,
quoted
A NULL pointer dereference exception occurs in the driver probe function
when device tree is used. The pdata pointer will be NULL in this case,
but the code dereferences it in all cases. When device tree is used, a
platform data structure is allocated and initialized, and in all cases
this pointer is copied to the driver's private data, so the variable being
tested should be accessed through the driver's private data structure.
Signed-off-by: Mike Dunn <redacted>
---
drivers/input/keyboard/pxa27x_keypad.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Excellent booby trap. I would prefer if we explicitly did
pdata = keypad->pdata;
after calling the parse DT fucntion with a nice comment, because we
somebody might want to rearrange the code and accidentially revert the
checks to the original state.
Thanks.
--
Dmitry
From: Mike Dunn <hidden> Date: 2013-09-18 04:07:20
On 09/16/2013 10:06 AM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 06:49:53PM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
quoted
Dear Mike Dunn,
quoted
A NULL pointer dereference exception occurs in the driver probe function
when device tree is used. The pdata pointer will be NULL in this case,
but the code dereferences it in all cases. When device tree is used, a
platform data structure is allocated and initialized, and in all cases
this pointer is copied to the driver's private data, so the variable being
tested should be accessed through the driver's private data structure.
Signed-off-by: Mike Dunn <redacted>
---
drivers/input/keyboard/pxa27x_keypad.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Excellent booby trap. I would prefer if we explicitly did
pdata = keypad->pdata;
after calling the parse DT fucntion with a nice comment, because we
somebody might want to rearrange the code and accidentially revert the
checks to the original state.
Yes, that would have been better. Is someone picking this up? I'm not familir
with the input subsystem maintainer (sorry). If this will be upstreamed in
someone's tree, I'll be glad to resubmit with this change. Or, if you prefer,
please feel free to shepherd this Dmitry.
Sorry for the delay.
Thanks,
Mike
On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 09:05:54PM -0700, Mike Dunn wrote:
On 09/16/2013 10:06 AM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
quoted
On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 06:49:53PM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
quoted
Dear Mike Dunn,
quoted
A NULL pointer dereference exception occurs in the driver probe function
when device tree is used. The pdata pointer will be NULL in this case,
but the code dereferences it in all cases. When device tree is used, a
platform data structure is allocated and initialized, and in all cases
this pointer is copied to the driver's private data, so the variable being
tested should be accessed through the driver's private data structure.
Signed-off-by: Mike Dunn <redacted>
---
drivers/input/keyboard/pxa27x_keypad.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Excellent booby trap. I would prefer if we explicitly did
pdata = keypad->pdata;
after calling the parse DT fucntion with a nice comment, because we
somebody might want to rearrange the code and accidentially revert the
checks to the original state.
Yes, that would have been better. Is someone picking this up? I'm not familir
with the input subsystem maintainer (sorry).
That would be yours truly.
If this will be upstreamed in
someone's tree, I'll be glad to resubmit with this change.
If you could resubmit that would be great - I do not have the hardware
and I prefer applying patches that were tested, if possible.
Thanks.
--
Dmitry
From: Mike Dunn <hidden> Date: 2013-09-18 14:29:44
On 09/17/2013 09:24 PM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 09:05:54PM -0700, Mike Dunn wrote:
quoted
On 09/16/2013 10:06 AM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
quoted
On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 06:49:53PM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
quoted
Dear Mike Dunn,
quoted
A NULL pointer dereference exception occurs in the driver probe function
when device tree is used. The pdata pointer will be NULL in this case,
but the code dereferences it in all cases. When device tree is used, a
platform data structure is allocated and initialized, and in all cases
this pointer is copied to the driver's private data, so the variable being
tested should be accessed through the driver's private data structure.
Signed-off-by: Mike Dunn <redacted>
---
drivers/input/keyboard/pxa27x_keypad.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Excellent booby trap. I would prefer if we explicitly did
pdata = keypad->pdata;
after calling the parse DT fucntion with a nice comment, because we
somebody might want to rearrange the code and accidentially revert the
checks to the original state.
Yes, that would have been better. Is someone picking this up? I'm not familir
with the input subsystem maintainer (sorry).
That would be yours truly.
quoted
If this will be upstreamed in
someone's tree, I'll be glad to resubmit with this change.
If you could resubmit that would be great - I do not have the hardware
and I prefer applying patches that were tested, if possible.
OK, will do. Yes, I'm testing this on a palm treo 680 with matrix keys and one
direct key.
Thanks,
Mike