Re: [PATCH] input: tegra-kbc: add NULL check on of_match_device() return value

[Jon Hunter <jonathanh@nvidia.com>]

On 07/07/17 07:27, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> Check return value from call to of_match_device()
> in order to prevent a NULL pointer dereference.
> 
> In case of NULL print error message and return -ENODEV
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@embeddedor.com>
> ---
>  drivers/input/keyboard/tegra-kbc.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/tegra-kbc.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/tegra-kbc.c
> index 0c07e10..742c5ac 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/keyboard/tegra-kbc.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/tegra-kbc.c
> @@ -617,6 +617,10 @@ static int tegra_kbc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	const struct of_device_id *match;
>  
>  	match = of_match_device(tegra_kbc_of_match, &pdev->dev);
> +	if (!match) {
> +		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to match device\n");
> +		return -ENODEV;
> +	}

Given that Tegra always uses device-tree, I believe that this cannot
happen and so this additional check is not needed.

Jon

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