Re: [mfd] question about potential null pointer dereference

[Gustavo A. R. Silva]

Hi guys,

Quoting Charles Keepax <ckeepax@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 08:22:58AM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Tue, 23 May 2017, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> > > The issue here is that there is a potential NULL pointer  
> > dereference at line
> > > 37, in case function of_match_device() returns NULL.
> > >
> > > Maybe a patch like the following could be applied in order to avoid any
> > > chance of a NULL pointer dereference:
> >
> > I do not believe it's possible for of_match_device() to return NULL in
> > this case.
> >
> > However, if you wanted to submit a patch checking for it, it would not
> > be rejected.
>
> Personally I would prefer to have a NULL pointer check in there.

I'll send a patch shortly.

Thank you both.
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Gustavo A. R. Silva