linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 1/7] i2c: add sanity check for parameter of i2c_verify

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Message-Id: <20200220172403.26062-2-wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>
Date:   Thu, 20 Feb 2020 18:23:57 +0100
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
To:     linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-i3c@...ts.infradead.org,
        Kieran Bingham <kieran@...uared.org.uk>,
        Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund@...natech.se>,
        Luca Ceresoli <luca@...aceresoli.net>,
        Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@...ndi.org>,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Vladimir Zapolskiy <vz@...ia.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 1/7] i2c: add sanity check for parameter of i2c_verify_client()

We export this function, so we should check the paramter to make it
NULL-compatible.

Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
---
 drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
index cefad0881942..8f46d1bb8c62 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_client_type);
  */
 struct i2c_client *i2c_verify_client(struct device *dev)
 {
-	return (dev->type == &i2c_client_type)
+	return (dev && dev->type == &i2c_client_type)
 			? to_i2c_client(dev)
 			: NULL;
 }
-- 
2.20.1