linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spi - Fix possible NULL derefrence.

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Date:   Mon, 30 Jan 2017 12:52:28 +0000
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Shailendra Verma <shailendra.v@...sung.com>,
        linux-spi <linux-spi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        p.shailesh@...sung.com, ashish.kalra@...sung.com,
        Shailendra Verma <shailendra.capricorn@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi - Fix possible NULL derefrence.

On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 11:00:28AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 5:55 AM, Shailendra Verma
> <shailendra.v@...sung.com> wrote:
> > of_match_device could return NULL, and so can cause a NULL
> > pointer dereference later.

> Can it? The driver uses DT exclusively.
> There is no legacy platform code creating "mxs-spi" platform devices.

Yeah, the changelogs on these aren't very good - there's no present
risk, though future changes could potentially cause an issue so it's not
unreasonable to do it defensively.

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