[PATCH -next] soc: imx: gpc: add check for of_match_device in imx_gpc_old_dt_init

Jacky Bai ping.bai at nxp.com
Tue Jun 1 03:11:28 PDT 2021


> Subject: [PATCH -next] soc: imx: gpc: add check for of_match_device in
> imx_gpc_old_dt_init
> 
> Add check for of_match_device in imx_gpc_old_dt_init to avoid potential
> NULL dereference of of_id.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tong Tiangen <tongtiangen at huawei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/soc/imx/gpc.c | 17 ++++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/soc/imx/gpc.c b/drivers/soc/imx/gpc.c index
> 90a8b2c0676f..017a5e2bd4e6 100644
> --- a/drivers/soc/imx/gpc.c
> +++ b/drivers/soc/imx/gpc.c
> @@ -403,14 +403,25 @@ static int imx_gpc_old_dt_init(struct device *dev,
> struct regmap *regmap,
> 
>  static int imx_gpc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)  {
> -	const struct of_device_id *of_id =
> -			of_match_device(imx_gpc_dt_ids, &pdev->dev);
> -	const struct imx_gpc_dt_data *of_id_data = of_id->data;
> +	const struct of_device_id *of_id;
> +	const struct imx_gpc_dt_data *of_id_data;
>  	struct device_node *pgc_node;
>  	struct regmap *regmap;
>  	void __iomem *base;
>  	int ret;
> 
> +	of_id = of_match_device(imx_gpc_dt_ids, &pdev->dev);
> +	if (!of_id) {
> +		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "OF id missing\n");
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
> +	of_id_data = of_id->data;
> +	if (!of_id_data) {
> +		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "OF id data missing\n");
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +

I think there is no chance to pass 'invalid of_id' and 'of_id_data' to the probe function.
Such check seems not really necessary.

BR
Jacky Bai

>  	pgc_node = of_get_child_by_name(pdev->dev.of_node, "pgc");
> 
>  	/* bail out if DT too old and doesn't provide the necessary info */
> --
> 2.18.0.huawei.25



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