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From: Tobias Lorenz <tobias.lorenz@gmx.net>
To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>,
	video4linux-list@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] radio-si470x.c: check-after-use
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:43:13 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200801282343.13589.tobias.lorenz@gmx.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080128221300.GH8767@does.not.exist>

Hi Mauro,
Hi Adrian,

Adrian used the coverity checker against radio-si470x and found this:

> The Coverity checker spotted the following check-after-use in 
> drivers/media/radio/radio-si470x.c:
> 
> <--  snip  -->
> static void si470x_usb_driver_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
> {
>         struct si470x_device *radio = usb_get_intfdata(intf);
> 
>         del_timer_sync(&radio->timer);    <------------------
>         flush_scheduled_work();
> 
>         usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);
>         if (radio) {                      <------------------
>                 video_unregister_device(radio->videodev);
>                 kfree(radio->buffer);
>                 kfree(radio);
>         }
> }
> <--  snip  -->
> 
> Either "radio" can be NULL and this case has to be properly handled or 
> the NULL check is not required.

These two lines should indeed better be inside the if statement. The patch for this is below.

Thanks,
  Toby

Signed-off-by: Tobias Lorenz <tobias.lorenz@gmx.net>
--- linux-2.6.23/drivers/media/radio/radio-si470x.c     2008-01-23 00:01:07.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.23.new/drivers/media/radio/radio-si470x.c 2008-01-27 15:31:42.000000000 +0100
@@ -1440,11 +1440,10 @@ static void si470x_usb_driver_disconnect
 {
        struct si470x_device *radio = usb_get_intfdata(intf);

-       del_timer_sync(&radio->timer);
-       flush_scheduled_work();
-
        usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);
        if (radio) {
+               del_timer_sync(&radio->timer);
+               flush_scheduled_work();
                video_unregister_device(radio->videodev);
                kfree(radio->buffer);
                kfree(radio);

  reply	other threads:[~2008-01-28 22:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-01-28 22:13 media/radio/radio-si470x.c: check-after-use Adrian Bunk
2008-01-28 22:43 ` Tobias Lorenz [this message]
2008-01-29 19:37   ` [PATCH] radio-si470x.c: check-after-use Oliver Neukum
2008-01-29 20:37     ` Tobias Lorenz

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