Re: [PATCH] fbdev: offb: Fix OF node name handling

From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Date: Fri Jan 11 2019 - 07:53:46 EST



On 01/07/2019 09:11 PM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 6:31 PM Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Commit 5c63e407aaab ("fbdev: Convert to using %pOFn instead of
>> device_node.name") changed how the OF FB driver handles the OF node
>> name. This missed the case where the node name is passed to
>> offb_init_palette_hacks(). This results in a NULL ptr dereference
>> in strncmp and breaks any system except ones using bootx with no display
>> node.
>>
>> Fix this by making offb_init_palette_hacks() use the OF node pointer and
>> use of_node_name_prefix() helper function instead for node name
>> comparisons. This helps in moving all OF node name accesses to helper
>> functions in preparation to remove struct device_node.name pointer.
>>
>> Fixes: 5c63e407aaab ("fbdev: Convert to using %pOFn instead of device_node.name")
>
> Looks good to me:
>
> ...
> [ 0.000000] Linux version 5.0.0-rc1+ (malat@xxxxxxxxxx) (gcc
> version 6.3.0 20170516 (Debian 6.3.0-18)) #21 Mon Jan 7 21:03:53 CET
> 2019
> ...
>
> So here is my :
>
> Tested-by: Mathieu Malaterre <malat@xxxxxxxxxx>

Patch queued for 5.0, thanks.

Best regards,
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Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics