[PATCH 2/2] Check for NULL return of prom_get_netinfo()

Chandra Seetharaman sekharan at us.ibm.com
Tue Sep 16 10:23:22 EST 2008


Check the return value of prom_get_netinfo() and return failure if
NULL.

Not returning here leads to a wierd failure.

Signed-off-by: Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan at us.ibm.com>
---
 second/yaboot.c |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

Index: yaboot.git_head/second/yaboot.c
===================================================================
--- yaboot.git_head.orig/second/yaboot.c
+++ yaboot.git_head/second/yaboot.c
@@ -470,6 +470,8 @@ static int load_my_config_file(struct bo
      int minlen;
 
      packet = prom_get_netinfo();
+     if (!packet)
+	  return rc;
 
      /*
       * First, try to match on mac address with the hardware type



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