Re: [PATCH] drm/tegra: vic: add NULL check on of_match_device() return value

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Hi Thierry,

Quoting Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@xxxxxxxxx>:

On Fri, Jul 07, 2017 at 01:16:26AM -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
Check return value from call to of_match_device()
in order to prevent a NULL pointer dereference.

In case of NULL print error message and return.

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/vic.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/vic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/vic.c
index 47cb1aa..7e11825 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/vic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/vic.c
@@ -283,6 +283,11 @@ static int vic_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	int err;

 	match = of_match_device(vic_match, dev);
+	if (!match) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to match device\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}

Someone would have to go to great lengths to trigger this condition,
might as well let it crash as a warning that they've done something
wrong.


Thanks for clarifying.
--
Gustavo A. R. Silva






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