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SubjectRe: [PATCH] PM / devfreq: return PTR_ERR not NULL in try_then_request_governor()
Hi,

Missatge de Steven Price <steven.price@arm.com> del dia dc., 3 d’abr.
2019 a les 17:26:

>
> The callers of try_then_request_governor() only test for a PTR_ERR using
> IS_ERR(). However in the case that request_module() fails then NULL is
> currently returned which will cause a NULL-pointer dereference in the
> caller.
>
> Instead convert the error we already have to a valid PTR_ERR and return
> it.
>
> Fixes: 23c7b54ca1cd ("PM / devfreq: Fix devfreq_add_device() when drivers are built as modules.")
> Signed-off-by: Steven Price <steven.price@arm.com>

There is already a fix for that. The fix was initially sent in October [2] but
unfortunately, it got lost. I resend and now is queued [1]. Hopefully, the Fixes
tag will help to pick the fix to the proper kernel releases.

Thanks,
Enric

[1]
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mzx/devfreq.git/commit/?h=for-next&id=b53b0128052ffd687797d5f4deeb76327e7b5711
[2] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/10/16/744


> ---
> drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
> index 0ae3de76833b..d29f66f0e52a 100644
> --- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
> @@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ static struct devfreq_governor *try_then_request_governor(const char *name)
> /* Restore previous state before return */
> mutex_lock(&devfreq_list_lock);
> if (err)
> - return NULL;
> + return ERR_PTR(err);
>
> governor = find_devfreq_governor(name);
> }
> --
> 2.20.1
>

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