On Thu, 24 Jan 2013, "Su, Xuemin" <xuemin...@intel.com> wrote: > From: xueminsu <xuemin...@intel.com> > Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:39:39 +0800 > Subject: [PATCH] drm_crtc: check if fb_create return NULL > > Some buggy driver may still return NULL in fb_create, > which leads to kernel panic. > > Signed-off-by: xueminsu <xuemin...@intel.com> > --- > drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c | 2 ++ > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c > index f2d667b..ae613ec 100644 > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c > @@ -2172,6 +2172,8 @@ int drm_mode_addfb(struct drm_device *dev, > ret = PTR_ERR(fb); > goto out; > } > + /* some buggy driver may return NULL here, which may cause panic */ > + BUG_ON(!fb);
I fail to see the benefit of this compared to just letting it oops... > or->fb_id = fb->base.id; ...right here. BR, Jani. > list_add(&fb->filp_head, &file_priv->fbs); > -- > 1.7.6 > > > > _______________________________________________ > dri-devel mailing list > dri-de...@lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
