Re: [PATCH] of: handle NULL node in of_get_next_available_child

From: Grant Likely
Date: Tue May 27 2014 - 16:17:25 EST


On Tue, 27 May 2014 10:36:10 -0700, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Grant,
>
> 2014-05-27 4:19 GMT-07:00 Grant Likely <grant.likely@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> > On Fri, 23 May 2014 12:43:11 -0700, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Add an early check for the node argument in
> >> of_get_next_available_child() to avoid dereferencing a NULL node pointer
> >> a few lines after.
> >>
> >> CC: Daniel Mack <zonque@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Is there a bug that exposed this path?
>
> Daniel sent a patch recently [1] which makes us call
> for_each_available_child_of_node() on a potentially NULL node
> argument.

And yet in your reply to that patch you argued that the NULL check
should be in the caller!

Anyway, this isn't a big deal. Post a patch fixing both and I'll apply
it.

g.
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