linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] phy: tegra: xusb: Fix dangling pointer on probe failure

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Date:   Wed, 28 Oct 2020 21:42:30 +0530
From:   Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
To:     Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org,
        JC Kuo <jckuo@...dia.com>,
        Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com>,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] phy: tegra: xusb: Fix dangling pointer on probe failure

On 13-10-20, 10:58, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> If, for some reason, the xusb PHY fails to probe, it leaves
> a dangling pointer attached to the platform device structure.
> 
> This would normally be harmless, but the Tegra XHCI driver then
> goes and extract that pointer from the PHY device. Things go
> downhill from there:

Applied, thanks

-- 
~Vinod