Merge branch 'i2c/for-current' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wsa/linux

torvalds · torvalds · commit bd060ac0f6b3 · 2016-11-05T15:30:12.000-07:00
Pull i2c fix from Wolfram Sang:
 "A bugfix for the I2C core fixing a (rare) race condition"

* 'i2c/for-current' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wsa/linux:
  i2c: core: fix NULL pointer dereference under race condition
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -2179,6 +2179,7 @@ int i2c_register_driver(struct module *owner, struct i2c_driver *driver)
 	/* add the driver to the list of i2c drivers in the driver core */
 	driver->driver.owner = owner;
 	driver->driver.bus = &i2c_bus_type;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&driver->clients);
 
 	/* When registration returns, the driver core
 	 * will have called probe() for all matching-but-unbound devices.
@@ -2189,7 +2190,6 @@ int i2c_register_driver(struct module *owner, struct i2c_driver *driver)
 
 	pr_debug("driver [%s] registered\n", driver->driver.name);
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&driver->clients);
 	/* Walk the adapters that are already present */
 	i2c_for_each_dev(driver, __process_new_driver);
 
