Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: axp209: dereference pointer after it's been set

From: Mylene JOSSERAND
Date: Wed Dec 13 2017 - 04:21:01 EST


Hello Quentin,

Le Wed, 13 Dec 2017 09:55:03 +0100,
Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a Ãcrit :

> The number of GPIOs is gotten from a field within the structure
> referenced in the of_device.data but it was actually read before it was
> retrieved, thus it was dereferencing a null pointer.
>
> Set the number of GPIOs after retrieving of_device.data.
>
> Fixes: e1190083b89b ("pinctrl: axp209: add support for AXP813 GPIOs")
>
> Signed-off-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: MylÃne Josserand <mylene.josserand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Tested-by: MylÃne Josserand <mylene.josserand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,

MylÃne

> ---
> drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-axp209.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-axp209.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-axp209.c
> index 22d3bb0bf927..510a2821e910 100644
> --- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-axp209.c
> +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-axp209.c
> @@ -413,9 +413,11 @@ static int axp20x_pctl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> pctl->chip.set = axp20x_gpio_set;
> pctl->chip.direction_input = axp20x_gpio_input;
> pctl->chip.direction_output = axp20x_gpio_output;
> - pctl->chip.ngpio = pctl->desc->npins;
>
> pctl->desc = (struct axp20x_pctrl_desc *)of_device_get_match_data(dev);
> +
> + pctl->chip.ngpio = pctl->desc->npins;
> +
> pctl->regmap = axp20x->regmap;
> pctl->dev = &pdev->dev;
>

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