Re: [Nouveau] [Mesa-dev] [RFC PATCH 5/8] nv50: prevent NULL pointer dereference with pipe_query functions
On 23.06.2015 06:02, Samuel Pitoiset wrote: On 06/22/2015 10:52 PM, Ilia Mirkin wrote: If query_create fails, why would any of these functions get called? Because the HUD doesn't check if query_create() fails and it calls other pipe_query functions with NULL pointer instead of a valid query object. Could the HUD code be fixed instead? -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.amd.com Libre software enthusiast | Mesa and X developer ___ Nouveau mailing list Nouveau@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/nouveau
Re: [Nouveau] [Mesa-dev] [RFC PATCH 5/8] nv50: prevent NULL pointer dereference with pipe_query functions
On 06/23/2015 08:57 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote: On 23.06.2015 06:02, Samuel Pitoiset wrote: On 06/22/2015 10:52 PM, Ilia Mirkin wrote: If query_create fails, why would any of these functions get called? Because the HUD doesn't check if query_create() fails and it calls other pipe_query functions with NULL pointer instead of a valid query object. Could the HUD code be fixed instead? It's definitely possible, and probably the best solution instead of preventing NULL pointer dereference in the underlying drivers. I'll make a patch. ___ Nouveau mailing list Nouveau@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/nouveau
