[PATCH] mpc832x_rdb.c: prevent using uninitialized variable
Anton Vorontsov
avorontsov at ru.mvista.com
Fri Jul 27 20:23:49 EST 2007
On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 11:48:33AM -0500, Scott Wood wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 06:01:39PM +0400, Anton Vorontsov wrote:
> > If CONFIG_PCI undefined, np will be used uninitialized, thereby
> > find_node_by_name(np, "par_io") will fail.
>
> This is the wrong fix -- you should be passing NULL to the par_io call
> rather than np. Otherwise, if the par_io is earlier in the tree than the
> pci, you won't find it.
Oops. Right you are, thanks!
I hope this is proper fix.
- - - -
From: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov at ru.mvista.com>
Subject: [POWERPC] mpc832x_rdb.c: prevent using uninitialized variable
If CONFIG_PCI undefined, np will be used uninitialized, thereby
find_node_by_name(np, "par_io") will fail.
of_find_node_by_name(np, "par_io") isn't used inside loop,
thus we can safely pass NULL instead of np.
Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov at ru.mvista.com>
---
arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc832x_rdb.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc832x_rdb.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc832x_rdb.c
index b2b28a4..93ba957 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc832x_rdb.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc832x_rdb.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static void __init mpc832x_rdb_setup_arch(void)
#ifdef CONFIG_QUICC_ENGINE
qe_reset();
- if ((np = of_find_node_by_name(np, "par_io")) != NULL) {
+ if ((np = of_find_node_by_name(NULL, "par_io")) != NULL) {
par_io_init(np);
of_node_put(np);
--
1.5.0.6
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