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Subject[PATCH] tty: atmel_serial: fix a NULL pointer dereference
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In case dmaengine_prep_dma_cyclic fails, the fix returns a proper
error code to avoid NULL pointer dereference.

Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@umn.edu>
Fixes: 34df42f59a60 ("serial: at91: add rx dma support")

---
V2: simplified the patch as suggested by
Richard Genoud <richard.genoud@gmail.com>
---
drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
index 05147fe24343..41b728d223d1 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
@@ -1288,6 +1288,10 @@ static int atmel_prepare_rx_dma(struct uart_port *port)
sg_dma_len(&atmel_port->sg_rx)/2,
DMA_DEV_TO_MEM,
DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT);
+ if (!desc) {
+ dev_err(port->dev, "Preparing DMA cyclic failed\n");
+ goto chan_err;
+ }
desc->callback = atmel_complete_rx_dma;
desc->callback_param = port;
atmel_port->desc_rx = desc;
--
2.17.1
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