linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] backlight: pwm_bl: Fix broken PWM backlight for non-dt platforms

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Date:	Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:33:22 +0100
From:	Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>
To:	Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
	linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...gutronix.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] backlight: pwm_bl: Fix broken PWM backlight for non-dt platforms

Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de> writes:

> Commit ee65ad0e2a9e ("backlight: pwm_bl: Avoid backlight flicker when
> probed from DT") tries to dereference the device of_node pointer
> unconditionally, causing a NULL pointer dereference on non-dt platforms.
> Fix it by replacing the phandle variable with a node variable and
> by checking that for NULL before dereferencing it.
>
> Reported-by: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>
> Signed-off-by: Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>
And indeed it does the trick.

Tested-by: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>

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Robert
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