Hi Karl, On 15/10/14 23:10, Karl Beldan wrote: > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 12:03:12PM +1000, Greg Ungerer wrote: >> Hi Karl, >> >> On 12/10/14 00:52, Karl Beldan wrote: >>> On 28/09/14 23:24:04, Greg Ungerer wrote: >>>> @@ -378,6 +452,10 @@ static int orion_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) >>>> spi = spi_master_get_devdata(master); >>>> spi->master = master; >>>> >>>> + of_id = of_match_device(orion_spi_of_match_table, &pdev->dev); >>>> + devdata = of_id->data; >>>> + spi->devdata = devdata; >>>> + >>> Won't of_match_device return NULL on non-DT systems, and further >>> references oops ? >> >> Yes, sure enough. >> >> So I propose to fix with this change. >> >> diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-orion.c b/drivers/spi/spi-orion.c >> index acf8e48..c069ccd 100644 >> --- a/drivers/spi/spi-orion.c >> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-orion.c >> @@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ static int orion_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) >> spi->master = master; >> >> of_id = of_match_device(orion_spi_of_match_table, &pdev->dev); >> - devdata = of_id->data; >> + devdata = (of_id) ? of_id->data : &orion_spi_dev_data; >> spi->devdata = devdata; >> > I am not aware of the policy in the DT subsystem, I see some drivers > bailing out when not getting any match, some remove non-DT support and > add a dependency on OF, yet a message would feel appropriate. > Other than that ok, it should fix df59fa7f4bca. Before the recent changes this driver didn't call of_match_device(). With the above fix in place if it does return NULL then it will behave the same as it used to - using the default orion parameters. I think that is the ideal behavior. Regards Greg -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html