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Re: [PATCH 3/4] base: soc: Check for NULL SoC device attributes

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On Tuesday, October 4, 2016 11:09:26 AM CEST Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> If soc_device_match() is used to check the value of a specific
> attribute that is not present for the current SoC, the kernel crashes
> with a NULL pointer dereference.
> 
> Fix this by explicitly checking for the absence of a needed property,
> and considering this a non-match.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
> 

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

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[PATCH 0/4] soc: renesas: Identify SoC and register with the SoC bus Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be> - 2016-10-04 11:20 +0200
  [PATCH 1/4] base: soc: Early register bus when needed Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be> - 2016-10-04 11:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 1/4] base: soc: Early register bus when needed Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-10-10 16:20 +0200
  [PATCH 3/4] base: soc: Check for NULL SoC device attributes Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be> - 2016-10-04 11:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 3/4] base: soc: Check for NULL SoC device attributes Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-10-10 16:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 0/4] soc: renesas: Identify SoC and register with the SoC bus Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-10-10 16:30 +0200

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