linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] pinctrl: kirkwood: Prevent NULL dereference if of_match

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Date:	Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:18:33 +0100
From:	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Axel Lin <axel.lin@...ics.com>
Cc:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] pinctrl: kirkwood: Prevent NULL dereference if
 of_match_device returns NULL

Dear Axel Lin,

On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 12:52:39 +0800, Axel Lin wrote:
> of_match_device() may return NULL.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@...ics.com>

Why? We already discussed together that this situation could not
happen: if you are in the probe() function, then there *must* be a
match, because the probe() function precisely gets called when there is
a match.

So unless you give more details about what the problem is, I don't
think this patch and the similar one you sent for Dove are useful.

Best regards,

Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons
Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux
development, consulting, training and support.
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