[U-Boot] [PATCH] arm: fix bd pointer dereference prior initialization

[Igor Grinberg]

Hi Albert,

Sorry for the poor responsiveness - I was out of office for about 2 weeks.


On 08/12/11 12:20, Albert ARIBAUD wrote:
> Hi Igor,
>
> On 28/07/2011 11:04, Igor Grinberg wrote:
>> gd->bd pointer has been used prior been initialized.
>> Move the relevant code after the initialization.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Igor Grinberg<grinberg at compulab.co.il>
>> ---
>>   arch/arm/lib/board.c |    8 ++++----
>>   1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/board.c b/arch/arm/lib/board.c
>> index bcbf697..52e90db 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/lib/board.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm/lib/board.c
>> @@ -281,10 +281,6 @@ void board_init_f (ulong bootflag)
>>
>>       gd->mon_len = _bss_end_ofs;
>>
>> -#ifdef CONFIG_MACH_TYPE
>> -    gd->bd->bi_arch_number = CONFIG_MACH_TYPE; /* board id for Linux */
>> -#endif
>> -
>>       for (init_fnc_ptr = init_sequence; *init_fnc_ptr; ++init_fnc_ptr) {
>>           if ((*init_fnc_ptr)() != 0) {
>>               hang ();
>> @@ -409,6 +405,10 @@ void board_init_f (ulong bootflag)
>>       post_run (NULL, POST_ROM | post_bootmode_get(0));
>>   #endif
>>
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_MACH_TYPE
>> +    gd->bd->bi_arch_number = CONFIG_MACH_TYPE; /* board id for Linux */
>> +#endif
>> +
>>       gd->bd->bi_baudrate = gd->baudrate;
>>       /* Ram ist board specific, so move it to board code ... */
>>       dram_init_banksize();
>
> As a bugfix, I'd like to pull this patch in now. However, it does not apply cleanly to current u-boot-arm/master, and besides, I'd rather have the bi_arch_number initialized as soon as bd is set up, i.e. just after the assignment to gd->bd.

Well, it applied cleanly for me...
Nevertheless, I'm sending a v2 rebased on top of the most recent u-boot-arm/master
with your requested change.


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Regards,
Igor.