[patch] Handle errors for libhal_find_device_by_capability

gentoo278760.patch (text/plain), 1.15 KB, created by Martin von Gagern on 2009-07-22 21:01:13 UTC

Handle error from libhal_find_device_by_capability.

libhal_find_device_by_capability may encounter errors, e.g. due to a
broken HAL configuration. These errors have to be dealt with before
the list of devices is traversed. Otherwise a SIGSEGV might occur.

2009-07-22 Martin von Gagern

References: http://bugs.gentoo.org/278760Index: xorg-server-1.6.2/config/hal.c
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Index: xorg-server-1.6.2/config/hal.c
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--- xorg-server-1.6.2.orig/config/hal.c
+++ xorg-server-1.6.2/config/hal.c
@@ -506,7 +506,12 @@ connect_and_register(DBusConnection *con
 
     devices = libhal_find_device_by_capability(info->hal_ctx, "input",
                                                &num_devices, &error);
+    if (error) {
     /* FIXME: Get default devices if error is set. */
+        LogMessage(X_ERROR, "config/hal: couldn't find input device: %s (%s)\n",
+               error.name, error.message);
+        goto out_ctx2;
+    }
     for (i = 0; i < num_devices; i++)
         device_added(info->hal_ctx, devices[i]);
     libhal_free_string_array(devices);