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Re: [PATCH] pwm: sun4i: fix a possible NULL dereference

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Hi,

On 12/11/2015 at 08:42:12 +0100, LABBE Corentin wrote :
> of_match_device could return NULL, and so cause a NULL pointer
> dereference later.
> 
> Reported-by: coverity (CID 1324139)
> Signed-off-by: LABBE Corentin <clabbe.montjoie@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/pwm/pwm-sun4i.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-sun4i.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-sun4i.c
> index cd9dde5..3011fcc 100644
> --- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-sun4i.c
> +++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-sun4i.c
> @@ -291,6 +291,8 @@ static int sun4i_pwm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	const struct of_device_id *match;
>  
>  	match = of_match_device(sun4i_pwm_dt_ids, &pdev->dev);
> +	if (!match)
> +		return -ENODEV;
>  

This will never happen. If it is not matching, then sun4i_pwm_probe is
not called.


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[PATCH] pwm: sun4i: fix a possible NULL dereference LABBE Corentin <clabbe.montjoie@gmail.com> - 2015-11-12 08:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] pwm: sun4i: fix a possible NULL dereference Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@gmail.com> - 2015-11-12 13:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] pwm: sun4i: fix a possible NULL dereference Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com> - 2015-11-12 15:50 +0100

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