Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers/gpu/drm: Move a dereference below a NULLtest

From: Julia Lawall
Date: Sat Dec 20 2008 - 01:00:19 EST


OK

julia

On Fri, 19 Dec 2008, Eric Anholt wrote:

> On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 08:35 +1000, Dave Airlie wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 3:10 AM, Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > If the NULL test is necessary, then the dereference should be moved below
> > > the NULL test.
> > >
> > > The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows:
> > > (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/). The result has been modified to
> > > move the initialization of driver down closer to where it is used.
> > >
> > > // <smpl>
> > > @@
> > > type T;
> > > expression E;
> > > identifier i,fld;
> > > statement S;
> > > @@
> > >
> > > - T i = E->fld;
> > > + T i;
> > > ... when != E
> > > when != i
> > > if (E == NULL) S
> > > + i = E->fld;
> > > // </smpl>
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > ---
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c | 7 ++++---
> > > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
> > > index 0b9f316..4bdfc98 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
> > > @@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_init);
> > > */
> > > static void drm_cleanup(struct drm_device * dev)
> > > {
> > > - struct drm_driver *driver = dev->driver;
> > > + struct drm_driver *driver;
> > >
> > > DRM_DEBUG("\n");
> > >
> > > @@ -324,8 +324,9 @@ static void drm_cleanup(struct drm_device * dev)
> > > dev->agp = NULL;
> > > }
> > >
> > > - if (dev->driver->unload)
> > > - dev->driver->unload(dev);
> > > + driver = dev->driver;
> > > + if (driver->unload)
> > > + driver->unload(dev);
> >
> > Huh?
> >
> > The original test is to check it dev->driver->unload exists, not it
> > dev->driver exists.
> >
> > I think your test parameters are wrong.
>
> No, it was valid, but I think the better patch is:
>
> From 1e0a24cfe75a328db5a50dbcdaaf0eb461638b6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Eric Anholt <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:07:11 -0800
> Subject: [PATCH] drm: Avoid use-before-null-test on dev in drm_cleanup().
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Anholt <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c | 4 +---
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
> index 373e3de..febb517 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
> @@ -294,8 +294,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_init);
> */
> static void drm_cleanup(struct drm_device * dev)
> {
> - struct drm_driver *driver = dev->driver;
> -
> DRM_DEBUG("\n");
>
> if (!dev) {
> @@ -330,7 +328,7 @@ static void drm_cleanup(struct drm_device * dev)
> if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
> drm_put_minor(&dev->control);
>
> - if (driver->driver_features & DRIVER_GEM)
> + if (dev->driver->driver_features & DRIVER_GEM)
> drm_gem_destroy(dev);
>
> drm_put_minor(&dev->primary);
> --
> 1.5.6.5
>
>
> --
> Eric Anholt
> eric@xxxxxxxxxx eric.anholt@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
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