Merge branch 'master' into next

Merge master back into next, this allows us to resolve some conflicts in
arch/powerpc/Kconfig, and also re-sort the symbols under config PPC so
that they are in alphabetical order again.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c b/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c
index 443fdf62dd227..d39a9b474727d 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ static ssize_t cm_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf,
 				   sizeof(struct acpi_table_header)))
 			return -EFAULT;
 		uncopied_bytes = max_size = table.length;
+		/* make sure the buf is not allocated */
+		kfree(buf);
 		buf = kzalloc(max_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!buf)
 			return -ENOMEM;
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ static ssize_t cm_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf,
 	    (*ppos + count < count) ||
 	    (count > uncopied_bytes)) {
 		kfree(buf);
+		buf = NULL;
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
@@ -76,7 +79,6 @@ static ssize_t cm_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf,
 		add_taint(TAINT_OVERRIDDEN_ACPI_TABLE, LOCKDEP_NOW_UNRELIABLE);
 	}
 
-	kfree(buf);
 	return count;
 }