linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: palmas: fix a possible NULL dereference

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Date:   Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:11:24 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     LABBE Corentin <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>
Cc:     "linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: palmas: fix a possible NULL dereference

On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 10:36 AM, LABBE Corentin
<clabbe.montjoie@...il.com> wrote:

> of_match_device could return NULL, and so cause a NULL pointer
> dereference later at line 1009:
> pinctrl_data = match->data;
>
> For fixing this problem, we use of_device_get_match_data(), this will
> simplify the code a little by using a standard function for
> getting the match data.
>
> Reported-by: coverity (CID 1324136)
> Signed-off-by: LABBE Corentin <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>

Patch applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij