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Subject[RFC] fbmem: reset file->private_data on failed fb_open()
I wrote this when looking at NULL dereference bug
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18912

Will it help by clearing private_data? I have no idea at all, because
for regular files, ->release won't be called on failed ->open. Just in
case there are some exceptions in fbmem...

---
drivers/video/fbmem.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- linux-next.orig/drivers/video/fbmem.c 2011-06-09 10:36:06.000000000 +0800
+++ linux-next/drivers/video/fbmem.c 2011-06-09 10:39:30.000000000 +0800
@@ -1424,26 +1424,28 @@ __releases(&info->lock)
file->private_data = info;
if (info->fbops->fb_open) {
res = info->fbops->fb_open(info,1);
if (res)
module_put(info->fbops->owner);
}
#ifdef CONFIG_FB_DEFERRED_IO
if (info->fbdefio)
fb_deferred_io_open(info, inode, file);
#endif
out:
mutex_unlock(&info->lock);
- if (res)
+ if (res) {
+ file->private_data = NULL;
put_fb_info(info);
+ }
return res;
}

static int
fb_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
__acquires(&info->lock)
__releases(&info->lock)
{
struct fb_info * const info = file->private_data;

mutex_lock(&info->lock);
if (info->fbops->fb_release)

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