[PATCH v2 2/5] dt: protect against NULL matches passed to of_match_node()
Grant Likely
grant.likely at secretlab.ca
Wed Mar 16 19:33:38 EST 2011
There are a few use cases where it is convenient to pass NULL to
of_match_node() and have it fail gracefully. The patch adds a null
check to the beginning so taht it does so.
Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca>
---
drivers/of/base.c | 3 +++
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index 710b53b..632ebae7 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -496,6 +496,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_find_node_with_property);
const struct of_device_id *of_match_node(const struct of_device_id *matches,
const struct device_node *node)
{
+ if (!matches)
+ return NULL;
+
while (matches->name[0] || matches->type[0] || matches->compatible[0]) {
int match = 1;
if (matches->name[0])
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