Re: [PATCH 1/2] watchdog: imgpdc: Fix probe NULL pointer dereference

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On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 11:45:44PM +0000, James Hogan wrote:
> The IMG PDC watchdog probe function calls pdc_wdt_stop() prior to
> watchdog_set_drvdata(), causing a NULL pointer dereference when
> pdc_wdt_stop() retrieves the struct pdc_wdt_dev pointer using
> watchdog_get_drvdata() and reads the register base address through it.
> 
> Fix by moving the watchdog_set_drvdata() call earlier, to where various
> other pdc_wdt->wdt_dev fields are initialised.
> 
> Fixes: 93937669e9b5 ("watchdog: ImgTec PDC Watchdog Timer Driver")
> Signed-off-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Naidu Tellapati <Naidu.Tellapati@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jude Abraham <Jude.Abraham@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-watchdog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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