Here, If devm_ioremap will fail. It will return NULL. Kernel can run into a NULL-pointer dereference. This error check will avoid NULL pointer dereference.
Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav...@gmail.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c index 4ab404f..33c2fec 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c @@ -1479,6 +1479,12 @@ static int octeon_mgmt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) p->agl = (u64)devm_ioremap(&pdev->dev, p->agl_phys, p->agl_size); p->agl_prt_ctl = (u64)devm_ioremap(&pdev->dev, p->agl_prt_ctl_phys, p->agl_prt_ctl_size); + if (!p->mix || !p->agl || !p->agl_prt_ctl) { + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to map I/O memory\n"); + result = -ENOMEM; + goto err; + } + spin_lock_init(&p->lock); skb_queue_head_init(&p->tx_list); -- 2.7.4