drivers/cpufreq/pcc-cpufreq.c: avoid NULL pointer dereference
per_cpu(processors, n) can be NULL, resulting in: Loading CPUFreq modules[ 437.661360] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) IP: [<ffffffffa0434314>] pcc_cpufreq_cpu_init+0x74/0x220 [pcc_cpufreq] It's better to avoid the oops by failing the driver, and allowing the system to boot. Signed-off-by: Naga Chumbalkar <nagananda.chumbalkar@hp.com> Cc: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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