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video: fbdev: pxafb: zero allocated memory for video modes

Message ID 20180619095615.14680-1-daniel@zonque.org (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Daniel Mack June 19, 2018, 9:56 a.m. UTC
When parsing the video modes from DT properties, make sure to zero out
memory befor using it. This is important because not all fields in the mode
struct are explicitly initialized, even though they are used later on.

Fixes: 420a488278e86 (video: fbdev: pxafb: initial devicetree conversion)
Cc: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Mack <daniel@zonque.org>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/pxafb.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Daniel Mack June 19, 2018, 1:10 p.m. UTC | #1
On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 11:56 AM, Daniel Mack wrote:
> When parsing the video modes from DT properties, make sure to zero out
> memory befor using it. This is important because not all fields in the mode
> struct are explicitly initialized, even though they are used later on.
> 
> Fixes: 420a488278e86 (video: fbdev: pxafb: initial devicetree conversion)
> Cc: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@free.fr>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Mack <daniel@zonque.org>
> ---
>   drivers/video/fbdev/pxafb.c | 3 ++-
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/pxafb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/pxafb.c
> index c2c2e2790079..64926c95d06c 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/pxafb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/pxafb.c
> @@ -2131,7 +2131,8 @@ static int of_get_pxafb_display(struct device *dev, struct device_node *disp,
>   
>   	ret = -ENOMEM;
>   	info->modes = kmalloc_array(timings->num_timings,
> -				    sizeof(info->modes[0]), GFP_KERNEL);
> +				    sizeof(info->modes[0]),
> +				    GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);

Ah, kcalloc() is actually nicer. I'll send a v2.

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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/pxafb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/pxafb.c
index c2c2e2790079..64926c95d06c 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/pxafb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/pxafb.c
@@ -2131,7 +2131,8 @@  static int of_get_pxafb_display(struct device *dev, struct device_node *disp,
 
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
 	info->modes = kmalloc_array(timings->num_timings,
-				    sizeof(info->modes[0]), GFP_KERNEL);
+				    sizeof(info->modes[0]),
+				    GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 	if (!info->modes)
 		goto out;
 	info->num_modes = timings->num_timings;