linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Input: elants_i2c - Fix NULL dereference at probing

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Date:   Wed, 26 May 2021 23:44:59 +0300
From:   Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>
To:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Cc:     linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: elants_i2c - Fix NULL dereference at probing

Hello all,

26.05.2021 23:19, Dmitry Torokhov пишет:
> Hi Takashi,
> 
> On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 09:43:01PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
>> The recent change in elants_i2c driver to support more chips
>> introduced a regression leading to Oops at probing.  The driver reads
>> id->driver_data, but the id may be NULL depending on the device type
>> the driver gets bound.
>>
>> Add a NULL check and falls back to the default EKTH3500.
> 
> Thank you for the patch. I think my preference would be to switch to
> device_get_match_data() and annotate the rest of the match tables with
> proper controller types.

Doesn't a NULL mean that elants_i2c_id[] table fails to match the ACPI
device name? What is the name then?

This could be two patches:
  1 - trivial fix that can be backported easily
  2 - switch to device_get_match_data()