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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/5] ACPI, APEI, HEST Fix the unsuitable usage of platform_data
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 11:00:33AM +0800, Huang Ying wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/hest.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/hest.c
> index 343168d..1a3508a 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/apei/hest.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/hest.c
> @@ -137,20 +137,23 @@ static int hest_parse_ghes_count(struct acpi_hest_header *hest_hdr, void *data)
>
> static int hest_parse_ghes(struct acpi_hest_header *hest_hdr, void *data)

hest_hdr is a local variable on the stack.


> +
> + rc = platform_device_add_data(ghes_dev, &hest_hdr, sizeof(void *));
> + if (rc)
> + goto err;

Now you put the address of that local variable in some global data structure.

And then you likely return and later the access accesses random stack space?

-Andi


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