From: Mike Isely Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:11:40 +0000 (-0300) Subject: V4L/DVB (8895): pvrusb2: Fail gracefully if an alien USB ID is used X-Git-Tag: v2.6.28-rc1~601^2~215 X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fe15f13679bf52bb5c8acb8b4847e6d73ba62c17;p=~emulex%2Finfiniband.git V4L/DVB (8895): pvrusb2: Fail gracefully if an alien USB ID is used The driver includes an internal table specifying additional information on a per device-type basis. This works great until somebody tries to run-time associate another USB ID with the driver. This change should hopefully allow the driver to fail gracefully under such a circumstance. Signed-off-by: Mike Isely Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --- diff --git a/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-hdw.c b/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-hdw.c index c8dedbab6e3..a7d636f3f9b 100644 --- a/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-hdw.c +++ b/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-hdw.c @@ -1915,7 +1915,7 @@ struct pvr2_hdw *pvr2_hdw_create(struct usb_interface *intf, const struct usb_device_id *devid) { unsigned int idx,cnt1,cnt2,m; - struct pvr2_hdw *hdw; + struct pvr2_hdw *hdw = NULL; int valid_std_mask; struct pvr2_ctrl *cptr; const struct pvr2_device_desc *hdw_desc; @@ -1925,6 +1925,16 @@ struct pvr2_hdw *pvr2_hdw_create(struct usb_interface *intf, hdw_desc = (const struct pvr2_device_desc *)(devid->driver_info); + if (hdw_desc == NULL) { + pvr2_trace(PVR2_TRACE_INIT, "pvr2_hdw_create:" + " No device description pointer," + " unable to continue."); + pvr2_trace(PVR2_TRACE_INIT, "If you have a new device type," + " please contact Mike Isely " + " to get it included in the driver\n"); + goto fail; + } + hdw = kzalloc(sizeof(*hdw),GFP_KERNEL); pvr2_trace(PVR2_TRACE_INIT,"pvr2_hdw_create: hdw=%p, type \"%s\"", hdw,hdw_desc->description);