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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2015-07-11 14:26:34 +0200
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2015-07-11 14:26:34 +0200
commitc4d029f2d43b39de7b9299e8b58102a442ba86f8 (patch)
treec0d36234d8108f43a76212d12b437bdf1b752aa8 /kernel
parent1f6823faa8c563431a94e614d2b63ce16bb6f658 (diff)
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tick/broadcast: Prevent NULL pointer dereference
Dan reported that the recent changes to the broadcast code introduced a potential NULL dereference. Add the proper check. Fixes: e0454311903d "tick/broadcast: Sanity check the shutdown of the local clock_event" Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c18
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
index ee3cf94..52b9e19 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
@@ -409,14 +409,16 @@ void tick_broadcast_control(enum tick_broadcast_mode mode)
break;
}
- if (cpumask_empty(tick_broadcast_mask)) {
- if (!bc_stopped)
- clockevents_shutdown(bc);
- } else if (bc_stopped) {
- if (tick_broadcast_device.mode == TICKDEV_MODE_PERIODIC)
- tick_broadcast_start_periodic(bc);
- else
- tick_broadcast_setup_oneshot(bc);
+ if (bc) {
+ if (cpumask_empty(tick_broadcast_mask)) {
+ if (!bc_stopped)
+ clockevents_shutdown(bc);
+ } else if (bc_stopped) {
+ if (tick_broadcast_device.mode == TICKDEV_MODE_PERIODIC)
+ tick_broadcast_start_periodic(bc);
+ else
+ tick_broadcast_setup_oneshot(bc);
+ }
}
raw_spin_unlock(&tick_broadcast_lock);
}
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