linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] regulator mc13783: bail out without platform data

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Message-ID: <20120301095848.GZ3852@pengutronix.de>
Date:	Thu, 1 Mar 2012 10:58:48 +0100
From:	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Liam Girdwood <lrg@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] regulator mc13783: bail out without platform data

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:19:51PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 09:01:40AM +0100, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> > the platform data pointer is used without checking it. Bail out
> > in the driver instead of crashing the kernel.
> 
> Applied, thanks.  Ideally the platform data would just specify the
> constraints and the driver would still be able to register the
> regulators even without constriants being provided to allow diagnostics.

Indeed. I can follow up on this when I find the time. For now I'm happy
with the kernel not crashing.

Sascha


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