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Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 09:23:17 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Jacky Huang <ychuang570808@...il.com>
Cc: dan.carpenter@...aro.org, jirislaby@...nel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, Jacky Huang <ychuang3@...oton.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tty: serial: ma35d1: Add a NULL check for of_node

On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 08:43:54AM +0800, Jacky Huang wrote:
> Dear Greg,
> 
> 
> On 2024/6/11 下午 07:11, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 09:22:51AM +0000, Jacky Huang wrote:
> > > From: Jacky Huang <ychuang3@...oton.com>
> > > 
> > > The pdev->dev.of_node can be NULL if the "serial" node is absent.
> > > Add a NULL check to return an error in such cases.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Jacky Huang <ychuang3@...oton.com>
> > > ---
> > >   drivers/tty/serial/ma35d1_serial.c | 13 +++++++------
> > >   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/ma35d1_serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/ma35d1_serial.c
> > > index 19f0a305cc43..3b4206e815fe 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/tty/serial/ma35d1_serial.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/ma35d1_serial.c
> > > @@ -688,12 +688,13 @@ static int ma35d1serial_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > >   	struct uart_ma35d1_port *up;
> > >   	int ret = 0;
> > > -	if (pdev->dev.of_node) {
> > > -		ret = of_alias_get_id(pdev->dev.of_node, "serial");
> > > -		if (ret < 0) {
> > > -			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to get alias/pdev id, errno %d\n", ret);
> > > -			return ret;
> > > -		}
> > > +	if (!pdev->dev.of_node)
> > > +		return -ENODEV;
> > > +
> > > +	ret = of_alias_get_id(pdev->dev.of_node, "serial");
> > > +	if (ret < 0) {
> > > +		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to get alias/pdev id, errno %d\n", ret);
> > > +		return ret;
> > >   	}
> > >   	up = &ma35d1serial_ports[ret];
> > >   	up->port.line = ret;
> > What commit id does this fix?
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> This patch fix the in tree ma35d1 serial driver.
> The last commit for ma35d1_serial.c is
> '6b64f8e360c00f180cffa1806095cdd2abc55b16'.

That is obviously not the commit that causes this problem, which is what
I was looking for here.  Shouldn't you include a "Fixes:" line if this
is resolving a bug?

thanks,

greg k-h