[PATCH] powerpc/eeh: check handle_eeh_events() return value

Function eeh_event_handler() dereferences the pointer returned by
handle_eeh_events() without checking, causing a crash if NULL was
returned, which is expected in some situations.

This patch fixes this bug by checking for the value returned by
handle_eeh_events() before dereferencing it.

Signed-off-by: Kleber Sacilotto de Souza <redacted>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_event.c |    6 ++++--
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_event.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_event.c
index 4cb375c..fb50631 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_event.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_event.c

@@ -85,8 +85,10 @@ static int eeh_event_handler(void * dummy)
 	set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);	/* Don't add to load average */
 	edev = handle_eeh_events(event);
 
-	eeh_clear_slot(eeh_dev_to_of_node(edev), EEH_MODE_RECOVERING);
-	pci_dev_put(edev->pdev);
+	if (edev) {
+		eeh_clear_slot(eeh_dev_to_of_node(edev), EEH_MODE_RECOVERING);
+		pci_dev_put(edev->pdev);
+	}
 
 	kfree(event);
 	mutex_unlock(&eeh_event_mutex);

-- 
1.7.1

On Fri, 2012-07-13 at 00:14 -0300, Kleber Sacilotto de Souza wrote:

Function eeh_event_handler() dereferences the pointer returned by
handle_eeh_events() without checking, causing a crash if NULL was
returned, which is expected in some situations.

This patch fixes this bug by checking for the value returned by
handle_eeh_events() before dereferencing it.

Thanks,
Ben.