If the nr-ports property is missing ata_host_alloc_pinfo is called with n_ports = 0. This results in host->ports[0] = NULL which later makes mv_init_host() oops when dereferencing this pointer. Instead be a bit more cooperative and fail the probing with an error message. Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/ata/sata_mv.c | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c b/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c index efc48bf89d51..823e938c9a78 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c +++ b/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c @@ -4090,7 +4090,20 @@ static int mv_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) /* allocate host */ if (pdev->dev.of_node) { - of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "nr-ports", &n_ports); + rc = of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "nr-ports", + &n_ports); + if (rc) { + dev_err(&pdev->dev, + "error parsing nr-ports property: %d\n", rc); + return rc; + } + + if (n_ports <= 0) { + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "nr-ports must be positive: %d\n", + n_ports); + return -EINVAL; + } + irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(pdev->dev.of_node, 0); } else { mv_platform_data = dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev); -- 2.10.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html