RE: [PATCH 1/2] fsl/qe: NULL dereference on error in ucc_of_parse_tdm()

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On Mon 7/24/2017 3:04 PM, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Carpenter [mailto:dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2017 3:04 PM
> To: Qiang Zhao <qiang.zhao@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Leo Li <leoyang.li@xxxxxxx>; linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kernel-
> janitors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] fsl/qe: NULL dereference on error in
> ucc_of_parse_tdm()
> 
> On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 02:24:14AM +0000, Qiang Zhao wrote:
> > On Sat 7/22/2017 3:34 PM, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Dan Carpenter [mailto:dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2017 3:34 PM
> > > To: Qiang Zhao <qiang.zhao@xxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Leo Li <leoyang.li@xxxxxxx>; linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > kernel- janitors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fsl/qe: NULL dereference on error in
> > > ucc_of_parse_tdm()
> > >
> > > If "pdev = of_find_device_by_node(np2);" fails then it would lead to
> > > a NULL dereference.  This function is called from probe() and we're
> > > using managed resources so we can just return without doing a manual
> cleanup.
> >
> > You mean it will be cleaned up automatically?
> 
> Yes.  At module unload.

Do you mean when insmod it as a module, and when this module is removed, it will be cleaned up automatically?
Do I understand correctly?
Well, how about build-in?

Best Regards
Qiang Zhao
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