linux-kernel - [PATCH] of/irq: Avoid calling list_first

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Date:	Sun, 23 Jun 2013 15:50:07 +0800
From:	Axel Lin <axel.lin@...ics.com>
To:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
Cc:	Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>,
	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] of/irq: Avoid calling list_first_entry() for empty list

list_first_entry() expects the list is not empty, we need to check if list is
empty before calling list_first_entry(). Thus use list_first_entry_or_null()
instead of list_first_entry().

Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@...ics.com>
---
 drivers/of/irq.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/of/irq.c b/drivers/of/irq.c
index a3c1c5a..5c645c7 100644
--- a/drivers/of/irq.c
+++ b/drivers/of/irq.c
@@ -482,8 +482,9 @@ void __init of_irq_init(const struct of_device_id *matches)
 		}
 
 		/* Get the next pending parent that might have children */
-		desc = list_first_entry(&intc_parent_list, typeof(*desc), list);
-		if (list_empty(&intc_parent_list) || !desc) {
+		desc = list_first_entry_or_null(&intc_parent_list,
+						typeof(*desc), list);
+		if (!desc) {
 			pr_err("of_irq_init: children remain, but no parents\n");
 			break;
 		}
-- 
1.8.1.2



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