Commit d40f6d71 authored by Jeff Dike's avatar Jeff Dike Committed by Linus Torvalds

[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: default avatarJeff Dike <jdike@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent 2a9529a0
...@@ -615,6 +615,9 @@ void mconsole_remove(struct mc_request *req) ...@@ -615,6 +615,9 @@ void mconsole_remove(struct mc_request *req)
err_msg = NULL; err_msg = NULL;
err = (*dev->remove)(n, &err_msg); err = (*dev->remove)(n, &err_msg);
switch(err){ switch(err){
case 0:
err_msg = "";
break;
case -ENODEV: case -ENODEV:
if(err_msg == NULL) if(err_msg == NULL)
err_msg = "Device doesn't exist"; err_msg = "Device doesn't exist";
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