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* [PATCH v2 1/3] state: copy backend of_path string
@ 2016-09-16  6:43 Michael Olbrich
  2016-09-16  6:43 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] state: don't keep pointers to device tree nodes Michael Olbrich
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From: Michael Olbrich @ 2016-09-16  6:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: barebox; +Cc: Michael Olbrich

Caching pointers to device tree nodes or names is not save. The barebox
internal device tree may be changed by loading a new device tree or through
fixup handlers. As a result, the string may be deleted.
Use local copies of the full path instead.

Signed-off-by: Michael Olbrich <m.olbrich@pengutronix.de>
---
Changes since v1:
- First patch split into two patches

 common/state/backend.c | 3 ++-
 common/state/state.h   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/common/state/backend.c b/common/state/backend.c
index 2f2e6dfd32d1..5235bb0283dd 100644
--- a/common/state/backend.c
+++ b/common/state/backend.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ int state_backend_init(struct state_backend *backend, struct device_d *dev,
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_free_format;
 
-	backend->of_path = of_path;
+	backend->of_path = xstrdup(of_path);
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -185,4 +185,5 @@ void state_backend_free(struct state_backend *backend)
 	state_storage_free(&backend->storage);
 	if (backend->format)
 		state_format_free(backend->format);
+	free(backend->of_path);
 }
diff --git a/common/state/state.h b/common/state/state.h
index 32146ca1bbc7..f930d06195b2 100644
--- a/common/state/state.h
+++ b/common/state/state.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ struct state_backend_storage {
 struct state_backend {
 	struct state_backend_format *format;
 	struct state_backend_storage storage;
-	const char *of_path;
+	char *of_path;
 };
 
 struct state {
-- 
2.8.1


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