netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: mt7530: fix null pointer dereferencing in port5 setup

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Date:   Fri, 03 Apr 2020 16:11:39 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     gch981213@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        sean.wang@...iatek.com, andrew@...n.ch, vivien.didelot@...il.com,
        f.fainelli@...il.com, matthias.bgg@...il.com,
        opensource@...rst.com, rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: mt7530: fix null pointer dereferencing in
 port5 setup

From: Chuanhong Guo <gch981213@...il.com>
Date: Fri,  3 Apr 2020 19:28:24 +0800

> The 2nd gmac of mediatek soc ethernet may not be connected to a PHY
> and a phy-handle isn't always available.
> Unfortunately, mt7530 dsa driver assumes that the 2nd gmac is always
> connected to switch port 5 and setup mt7530 according to phy address
> of 2nd gmac node, causing null pointer dereferencing when phy-handle
> isn't defined in dts.
> This commit fix this setup code by checking return value of
> of_parse_phandle before using it.
> 
> Fixes: 38f790a80560 ("net: dsa: mt7530: Add support for port 5")
> Signed-off-by: Chuanhong Guo <gch981213@...il.com>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org

Please do not CC: stable for networking changes, as per:

	Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rstq

Applied and queued up for -stable, thank you.