linux-kernel - [PATCH stable 4.1 1/2] of: fdt: Fix return value in __unflatten_device

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Date:   Mon, 18 Sep 2017 17:51:36 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     alexander.levin@...izon.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        johan@...nel.org, jesse@...nel.org,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH stable 4.1 1/2] of: fdt: Fix return value in __unflatten_device_tree()

Commit 78de28c67c8f ("of: fdt: add missing allocation-failure check")
would make us return NULL in a function declared to return void as of
the 4.1 kernel.

Fixes: 78de28c67c8f ("of: fdt: add missing allocation-failure check")
Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
---
 drivers/of/fdt.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c
index bf89754fe973..308a95ead432 100644
--- a/drivers/of/fdt.c
+++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ static void __unflatten_device_tree(void *blob,
 	/* Allocate memory for the expanded device tree */
 	mem = dt_alloc(size + 4, __alignof__(struct device_node));
 	if (!mem)
-		return NULL;
+		return;
 
 	memset(mem, 0, size);
 
-- 
2.14.1