Re: [PATCH] slimbus: ngd: Fix to avoid potential NULL pointer dereference

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On 19/03/2019 01:25, Aditya Pakki wrote:
In of_qcom_slim_ngd_register, of_match_node may fail and return a NULL
pointer. This patch avoids such a scenario leading to NULL pointer
dereference.

Fixes: 458a445deb9c ("slimbus: ngd: Fix build error on x86")
Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@xxxxxxx>
---
  drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c | 2 ++
  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c b/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c
index 71f094c9ec68..9cc7256028c9 100644
--- a/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c
@@ -1332,6 +1332,8 @@ static int of_qcom_slim_ngd_register(struct device *parent,
  	u32 id;
match = of_match_node(qcom_slim_ngd_dt_match, parent->of_node);
+	if (!match)
+		return -ENXIO;

We would not even enter this path without matching compatible, so I think a check here is not really necessary.

thanks,
srini



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