Re: [PATCH 1/2] mfd: 88pm800: Fix the bug that pdata may be NULL

From: Samuel Ortiz
Date: Fri Aug 30 2013 - 08:31:06 EST


Hi Xie,

On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 02:11:58PM +0800, Chao Xie wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Samuel Ortiz <sameo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi Xie,
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 09:27:54PM -0400, Chao Xie wrote:
> >> User pass platform data to device, and platform data may be
> >> NULL.
> > In which case do you get that ? With DT ?
> > Should rtc_init fail when pdata is NULL ?
> >
> > You need to explain that, be it only for us to know if it's a critical
> > fix or not.
> >
> Sorry for late response.
> If pdata is NULL, the driver will fail.
The question is: Why would pdata be NULL ? If there's a fundamental
issue you're hiding with this patch, you probably want to fix the real
problem instead.

Cheers,
Samuel.

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