From: Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
ACPI: dock: fix opps after dock driver fails to initialize
The driver tests the dock_station pointer for nonnull
to check whether it has initialized properly. But in
some cases dock_station will be non-null after being
freed when driver init fails. Fix by zeroing the
pointer after freeing.
Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Kristen Carlson Accardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
drivers/acpi/dock.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
--- a/drivers/acpi/dock.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/dock.c
@@ -716,6 +716,7 @@ static int dock_add(acpi_handle handle)
if (ret) {
printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "Error %d registering dock device\n",
ret);
kfree(dock_station);
+ dock_station = NULL;
return ret;
}
ret = device_create_file(&dock_device.dev, &dev_attr_docked);
@@ -723,6 +724,7 @@ static int dock_add(acpi_handle handle)
printk("Error %d adding sysfs file\n", ret);
platform_device_unregister(&dock_device);
kfree(dock_station);
+ dock_station = NULL;
return ret;
}
ret = device_create_file(&dock_device.dev, &dev_attr_undock);
@@ -731,6 +733,7 @@ static int dock_add(acpi_handle handle)
device_remove_file(&dock_device.dev, &dev_attr_docked);
platform_device_unregister(&dock_device);
kfree(dock_station);
+ dock_station = NULL;
return ret;
}
ret = device_create_file(&dock_device.dev, &dev_attr_uid);
@@ -738,6 +741,7 @@ static int dock_add(acpi_handle handle)
printk("Error %d adding sysfs file\n", ret);
platform_device_unregister(&dock_device);
kfree(dock_station);
+ dock_station = NULL;
return ret;
}
@@ -750,6 +754,7 @@ static int dock_add(acpi_handle handle)
dd = alloc_dock_dependent_device(handle);
if (!dd) {
kfree(dock_station);
+ dock_station = NULL;
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto dock_add_err_unregister;
}
@@ -777,6 +782,7 @@ dock_add_err_unregister:
device_remove_file(&dock_device.dev, &dev_attr_undock);
platform_device_unregister(&dock_device);
kfree(dock_station);
+ dock_station = NULL;
return ret;
}
@@ -810,6 +816,7 @@ static int dock_remove(void)
/* free dock station memory */
kfree(dock_station);
+ dock_station = NULL;
return 0;
}
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