If the bmp pointer is null then U-Boot will get stuck when trying to load the image. What's worse, it will get stuck before the U-Boot shell becomes available to the user, thus making it difficult to correct the situation.
To protect from the above scenario, check if the pointer is valid. Signed-off-by: Nikita Kiryanov <nik...@compulab.co.il> --- This patch depends on the following patch: patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/176058/ Changes in V2: - Previous commit message gave an incorrect example of when bmp pointer could be null, and was therefore removed. common/lcd.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/common/lcd.c b/common/lcd.c index 88dfa51..fcc09ac 100644 --- a/common/lcd.c +++ b/common/lcd.c @@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ int lcd_display_bitmap(ulong bmp_image, int x, int y) unsigned long pwidth = panel_info.vl_col; unsigned colors, bpix, bmp_bpix; - if (!((bmp->header.signature[0] == 'B') && + if (!bmp || !((bmp->header.signature[0] == 'B') && (bmp->header.signature[1] == 'M'))) { printf("Error: no valid bmp image at %lx\n", bmp_image); -- 1.7.5.4 _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot