linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] power: supply: bq2415x: check for NULL acpi

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Message-ID: <20170129151747.musddn4bh2j7kae6@earth>
Date:   Sun, 29 Jan 2017 16:17:47 +0100
From:   Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] power: supply: bq2415x: check for NULL acpi_id to avoid
 null pointer dereference

Hi,

On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 01:25:06PM +0000, Colin King wrote:
> acpi_match_device can potentially return NULL, so it is prudent to
> check if acpi_id is null before it is dereferenced.  Add a check
> and an error message to indicate the failure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Thanks, queued into power-supply's for-next branch.

-- Sebastian

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