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Subject[PATCH v1] irqchip: irq-mips-gic:- Handle return NULL error from ioremap_nocache
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Here, If ioremap_nocache will fail. It will return NULL.
Kernel can run into a NULL-pointer dereference.
This error check will avoid NULL pointer dereference.

Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@gmail.com>
---
drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c
index c01c09e..eeea2e8 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c
@@ -979,6 +979,8 @@ static void __init __gic_init(unsigned long gic_base_addr,
__gic_base_addr = gic_base_addr;

gic_base = ioremap_nocache(gic_base_addr, gic_addrspace_size);
+ if (!gic_base)
+ panic("Failed to map GIC memory");

gicconfig = gic_read(GIC_REG(SHARED, GIC_SH_CONFIG));
gic_shared_intrs = (gicconfig & GIC_SH_CONFIG_NUMINTRS_MSK) >>
--
1.9.1
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