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authorJeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>2007-03-29 01:20:28 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-03-29 08:22:24 -0700
commitd40f6d71da81deb66c4fa54b46e22977cdb8b451 (patch)
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[PATCH] uml: fix device unplug crash
Fix a NULL dereference when unplugging a device. The default value of err_msg wants to be "" in case the driver doesn't modify it. Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@linux.intel.com> Cc: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r--arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c
index 178b2ef..65ad293 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c
@@ -615,6 +615,9 @@ void mconsole_remove(struct mc_request *req)
err_msg = NULL;
err = (*dev->remove)(n, &err_msg);
switch(err){
+ case 0:
+ err_msg = "";
+ break;
case -ENODEV:
if(err_msg == NULL)
err_msg = "Device doesn't exist";