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Subject[PATCH V3] cpuidle: check dev before usage in cpuidle_use_deepest_state
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In case of there is no cpuidle devices registered, dev will be null, and 
panic will be triggered like below;
In this patch, add checking of dev before usage, like that done in
cpuidle_idle_call.

Panic without fix:
[ 184.961328] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
(null)
[ 184.961328] IP: cpuidle_use_deepest_state+0x30/0x60
...
[ 184.961328] play_idle+0x8d/0x210
[ 184.961328] ? __schedule+0x359/0x8e0
[ 184.961328] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x28/0x50
[ 184.961328] ? kthread_queue_delayed_work+0x41/0x80
[ 184.961328] clamp_idle_injection_func+0x64/0x1e0

Fixes: bb8313b603eb8 ("cpuidle: Allow enforcing deepest idle state selection")
Signed-off-by: Li, Fei <fei.li@intel.com>
Tested-by: Shi, Feng <fengx.shi@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Koul, Vinod <vinod.koul@intel.com>
---
drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
index 548b90b..2706be7 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ void cpuidle_use_deepest_state(bool enable)

preempt_disable();
dev = cpuidle_get_device();
- dev->use_deepest_state = enable;
+ if (dev)
+ dev->use_deepest_state = enable;
preempt_enable();
}

--
1.9.1
Best Regards,
Fei
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