Re: [PATCH v5 8/9] pinctrl: axp209: add support for AXP813 GPIOs

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Wed Dec 13 2017 - 02:37:00 EST


On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 2:41 PM, Quentin Schulz
<quentin.schulz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> - pctl->desc = &axp20x_data;
>> + pctl->desc = (struct axp20x_pctrl_desc *)of_device_get_match_data(dev);
>> pctl->regmap = axp20x->regmap;
>> pctl->dev = &pdev->dev;
>>
>
> I am using pctl->desc before retrieving it, thus dereferencing from a
> null pointer.
>
> We just have to move
> pctl->chip.ngpio = pctl->desc->npins;
> after
> pctl->desc = (struct axp20x_pctrl_desc *)of_device_get_match_data(dev);
>
> Linus, I guess that I should send a patch to fix this or is there an
> other way not to have to apply such a small and dumb patch?

Just send a patch based on my pin control tree "devel" branch or
linux-next, it's cool.

Things like this happens all the time.

Yours,
Linus Walleij