netdev - [PATCH RESEND 4/5] net: cpsw: fix null dereference at probe

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Date:	Thu,  8 May 2014 10:09:23 +0200
From:	Johan Hovold <jhovold@...il.com>
To:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Mugunthan V N <mugunthanvnm@...com>,
	Johan Hovold <jhovold@...il.com>,
	stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH RESEND 4/5] net: cpsw: fix null dereference at probe

Fix null-pointer dereference at probe when the mdio platform device is
missing (e.g. when it has been disabled in DT).

Cc: stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>	# v3.8
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <jhovold@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
index 18d83d8d7f74..db9360cd861c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
@@ -1871,6 +1871,10 @@ static int cpsw_probe_dt(struct cpsw_platform_data *data,
 		mdio_node = of_find_node_by_phandle(be32_to_cpup(parp));
 		phyid = be32_to_cpup(parp+1);
 		mdio = of_find_device_by_node(mdio_node);
+		if (!mdio) {
+			pr_err("Missing mdio platform device\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 		snprintf(slave_data->phy_id, sizeof(slave_data->phy_id),
 			 PHY_ID_FMT, mdio->name, phyid);
 
-- 
1.8.3.2

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