[PATCH 5/5] arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci.c: Remove potential NULL dereferences

Julia Lawall Julia.Lawall at lip6.fr
Wed Aug 15 01:49:48 EST 2012


From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall at lip6.fr>

If the NULL test is necessary, the initialization involving a dereference of
the tested value should be moved after the NULL test.

The sematic patch that fixes this problem is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@@
type T;
expression E;
identifier i,fld;
statement S;
@@

- T i = E->fld;
+ T i;
  ... when != E
      when != i
  if (E == NULL) S
+ i = E->fld;
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall at lip6.fr>

---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci.c |    6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci.c
index be3cfc5..928e97b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci.c
@@ -287,12 +287,13 @@ static int pnv_pci_read_config(struct pci_bus *bus,
 			       int where, int size, u32 *val)
 {
 	struct pci_controller *hose = pci_bus_to_host(bus);
-	struct pnv_phb *phb = hose->private_data;
+	struct pnv_phb *phb;
 	u32 bdfn = (((uint64_t)bus->number) << 8) | devfn;
 	s64 rc;
 
 	if (hose == NULL)
 		return PCIBIOS_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND;
+	phb = hose->private_data;
 
 	switch (size) {
 	case 1: {
@@ -331,11 +332,12 @@ static int pnv_pci_write_config(struct pci_bus *bus,
 				int where, int size, u32 val)
 {
 	struct pci_controller *hose = pci_bus_to_host(bus);
-	struct pnv_phb *phb = hose->private_data;
+	struct pnv_phb *phb;
 	u32 bdfn = (((uint64_t)bus->number) << 8) | devfn;
 
 	if (hose == NULL)
 		return PCIBIOS_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND;
+	phb = hose->private_data;
 
 	cfg_dbg("pnv_pci_write_config bus: %x devfn: %x +%x/%x -> %08x\n",
 		bus->number, devfn, where, size, val);



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