This patch adds a check for the presence of the channel controller when trying to allocate a slot. Without this fix, the kernel panics with a NULL pointer dereference when the dma-engine drivers are probed.
Signed-off-by: Cyril Chemparathy <[email protected]> --- arch/arm/mach-davinci/dma.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dma.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dma.c index a685e97..2fee31e 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dma.c +++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dma.c @@ -743,6 +743,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(edma_free_channel); */ int edma_alloc_slot(unsigned ctlr, int slot) { + if (!edma_cc[ctlr]) + return -ENODEV; + if (slot >= 0) slot = EDMA_CHAN_SLOT(slot); -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
