[patch] ACPI: fix oops after dock driver fails to initialize

[Chuck Ebbert]

ACPI: fix oops 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]>

---
 drivers/acpi/dock.c |    6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

--- 2.6.21-d390.orig/drivers/acpi/dock.c
+++ 2.6.21-d390/drivers/acpi/dock.c
@@ -698,6 +698,7 @@ 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);
@@ -705,6 +706,7 @@ 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);
@@ -713,6 +715,7 @@ 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;
        }
 
@@ -725,6 +728,7 @@ 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;
        }
@@ -752,6 +756,7 @@ 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;
 }
 
@@ -785,6 +790,7 @@ static int dock_remove(void)
 
        /* free dock station memory */
        kfree(dock_station);
+       dock_station = NULL;
        return 0;
 }