[PATCH] gpu: ipu-v3: fix a possible NULL dereference

[Corentin LABBE]

On 23/08/2016 17:24, Sean Paul wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 9:33 AM, LABBE Corentin
> <clabbe.montjoie at gmail.com> wrote:
>> of_match_device could return NULL, and so cause a NULL pointer
>> dereference later.
>>
>> For fixing this problem, we use of_device_get_match_data(), this will
>> simplify the code a little by using a standard function for
>> getting the match data.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: LABBE Corentin <clabbe.montjoie at gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/gpu/ipu-v3/ipu-common.c | 4 +---
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/ipu-v3/ipu-common.c b/drivers/gpu/ipu-v3/ipu-common.c
>> index 99dcacf..05a9cc6 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/ipu-v3/ipu-common.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/ipu-v3/ipu-common.c
>> @@ -1207,15 +1207,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ipu_dump);
>>
>>  static int ipu_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>  {
>> -       const struct of_device_id *of_id =
>> -                       of_match_device(imx_ipu_dt_ids, &pdev->dev);
>>         struct ipu_soc *ipu;
>>         struct resource *res;
>>         unsigned long ipu_base;
>>         int i, ret, irq_sync, irq_err;
>>         const struct ipu_devtype *devtype;
>>
>> -       devtype = of_id->data;
>> +       devtype = of_device_get_match_data(&pdev->dev);
> 
> While you avoid the of_id dereference, it's possible that
> of_device_get_match_data() returns NULL, so you're really just moving
> the oops around.
> 
> Sean
> 

Hello

I apologize for didnt seen that, I will send an updated patch which fix that.

Regards