[PATCH] cfag12864b: fix crash when built-in and no parport present

The problem comes when ks0108/cfag12864b are built-in and no parallel port is
present.  ks0108_init() is called first, as it should be, but fails to load
(as there is no parallel port to use).

After that, cfag12864b_init() gets called, without knowing anything about
ks0108 failed, and calls ks0108_writecontrol(), which dereferences an
uninitialized pointer.

Init order is OK, I think.  The problem is how to stop cfag12864b_init() being
called if ks0108 failed to load.  modprobe does it for us, but, how when
built-in?

Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda Sandonis <maxextreme@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

3 files changed, 40 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/auxdisplay/cfag12864b.c b/drivers/auxdisplay/cfag12864b.c
index 889583dfc1a..cb44cb4f6a4 100644
--- a/drivers/auxdisplay/cfag12864b.c
+++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/cfag12864b.c
@@ -312,6 +312,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cfag12864b_disable);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cfag12864b_isenabled);
 
 /*
+ * Is the module inited?
+ */
+
+static unsigned char cfag12864b_inited;
+unsigned char cfag12864b_isinited(void)
+{
+	return cfag12864b_inited;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cfag12864b_isinited);
+
+/*
  * Module Init & Exit
  */
 
@@ -319,6 +330,13 @@ static int __init cfag12864b_init(void)
 {
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
+	/* ks0108_init() must be called first */
+	if (!ks0108_isinited()) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR CFAG12864B_NAME ": ERROR: "
+			"ks0108 is not initialized\n");
+		goto none;
+	}
+
 	if (PAGE_SIZE < CFAG12864B_SIZE) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR CFAG12864B_NAME ": ERROR: "
 			"page size (%i) < cfag12864b size (%i)\n",
@@ -354,6 +372,7 @@ static int __init cfag12864b_init(void)
 	cfag12864b_clear();
 	cfag12864b_on();
 
+	cfag12864b_inited = 1;
 	return 0;
 
 cachealloced:
diff --git a/drivers/auxdisplay/cfag12864bfb.c b/drivers/auxdisplay/cfag12864bfb.c
index 94765e78315..66fafbb1d08 100644
--- a/drivers/auxdisplay/cfag12864bfb.c
+++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/cfag12864bfb.c
@@ -137,7 +137,14 @@ static struct platform_device *cfag12864bfb_device;
 
 static int __init cfag12864bfb_init(void)
 {
-	int ret;
+	int ret = -EINVAL;
+
+	/* cfag12864b_init() must be called first */
+	if (!cfag12864b_isinited()) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR CFAG12864BFB_NAME ": ERROR: "
+			"cfag12864b is not initialized\n");
+		goto none;
+	}
 
 	if (cfag12864b_enable()) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR CFAG12864BFB_NAME ": ERROR: "
@@ -162,6 +169,7 @@ static int __init cfag12864bfb_init(void)
 		}
 	}
 
+none:
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/auxdisplay/ks0108.c b/drivers/auxdisplay/ks0108.c
index a637575b910..e6c3646ef18 100644
--- a/drivers/auxdisplay/ks0108.c
+++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/ks0108.c
@@ -111,6 +111,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ks0108_address);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ks0108_page);
 
 /*
+ * Is the module inited?
+ */
+
+static unsigned char ks0108_inited;
+unsigned char ks0108_isinited(void)
+{
+	return ks0108_inited;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ks0108_isinited);
+
+/*
  * Module Init & Exit
  */
 
@@ -142,6 +153,7 @@ static int __init ks0108_init(void)
 		goto registered;
 	}
 
+	ks0108_inited = 1;
 	return 0;
 
 registered: