[Kernel-janitors] [PATCH] - fix pci/probe.c possible NULL pointer.

 Hi,

 In drivers/pci/probe.c::pci_scan_bridge() the call for pci_alloc_child_bus()
can return NULL, but it is not handled by the function (detected by
Coverity's checker).

 The patch bellow fix that returning `max' if we got the NULL, but
I do not know if it is right. I guess it is, because in that case
the function will act in the same way as with `pass != 0'.

Signed-off by: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

 drivers/pci/probe.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+)


diff -X dontdiff -Nparu a/drivers/pci/probe.c a~/drivers/pci/probe.c
--- a/drivers/pci/probe.c       2004-05-24 14:44:34.000000000 -0300
+++ a~/drivers/pci/probe.c      2004-05-26 19:51:50.000000000 -0300
@@ -366,6 +366,8 @@ int __devinit pci_scan_bridge(struct pci
                        return max;
                busnr = (buses >> 8) & 0xFF;
                child = pci_alloc_child_bus(bus, dev, busnr);
+               if (!child)
+                       return max;
                child->primary = buses & 0xFF;
                child->subordinate = (buses >> 16) & 0xFF;
                child->bridge_ctl = bctl;
-- 
Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino
<http://www.telecentros.sp.gov.br>

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