[PATCH v2 2/5] dt: protect against NULL matches passed toof_match_node()

[Grant Likely]

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@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 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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