Use kzalloc() rather than kmalloc() for initializing the iio_channel structure. This patch enables the iio_dev and iio_chan_spec are set to NULL. This may prevent the page fault problem because the pointer of iio_chan_spec is initialized as NULL.
The iio_chan_spec is updated only in case that the IIO map has specific channel label. When the map has no ADC channel label, then the value of iio_chan_spec remains as invalid pointer. To prevent this problem, the pointer should be initialized as NULL. Signed-off-by: Milo(Woogyom) Kim <[email protected]> --- drivers/iio/inkern.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/iio/inkern.c b/drivers/iio/inkern.c index b5afc2f..1faa240 100644 --- a/drivers/iio/inkern.c +++ b/drivers/iio/inkern.c @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ struct iio_channel *iio_channel_get(const char *name, const char *channel_name) if (c == NULL) return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV); - channel = kmalloc(sizeof(*channel), GFP_KERNEL); + channel = kzalloc(sizeof(*channel), GFP_KERNEL); if (channel == NULL) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); -- 1.7.9.5 Best Regards, Milo -- 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/
