[PATCH] sbp2: fix check of return value of hpsb_allocate_and_register_addrspace()
authorStefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Sun, 4 Jun 2006 09:51:40 +0000 (02:51 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Mon, 5 Jun 2006 19:29:16 +0000 (12:29 -0700)
From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>

I added a failure check in patch "sbp2: variable status FIFO address (fix
login timeout)" --- alas for a wrong error value.  This is a bug since
Linux 2.6.16.  Leads to NULL pointer dereference if the call failed, and
bogus failure handling if call succeeded.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Cc: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
Cc: Jody McIntyre <scjody@modernduck.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

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