[PATCH] soc: mediatek: Handle return of of_match_device function

[Robin Murphy]

On 01/02/18 11:00, Himanshu Jha wrote:
> In scpsys_probe function, return value of of_match_device function which
> returns null is dereferenced without checking. Therefore, add a check for
> potential null dereference.
> 
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1424087 "Dereference null return value"
> 
> Fixes: commit 53fddb1a66dd ("soc: mediatek: reduce code duplication of scpsys_probe across all SoCs")
> Signed-off-by: Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640 at gmail.com>
> ---
>   drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-scpsys.c | 3 +++
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-scpsys.c b/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-scpsys.c
> index 435ce5e..6e7f196 100644
> --- a/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-scpsys.c
> +++ b/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-scpsys.c
> @@ -981,6 +981,9 @@ static int scpsys_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>   	int i, ret;
>   
>   	match = of_match_device(of_scpsys_match_tbl, &pdev->dev);
> +	if (!match)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
>   	soc = (const struct scp_soc_data *)match->data;

You could of course replace the whole sequence with an 
of_device_get_match_data() call, which happens to be inherently safe 
against the no-match case even when that *is* impossible by design.

Robin.

>   
>   	scp = init_scp(pdev, soc->domains, soc->num_domains, &soc->regs,
>