Re: [PATCH 1/4] mfd: ab8500: add devicetree support for fuelgauge

From: Francesco Lavra
Date: Sat Oct 27 2012 - 12:16:38 EST


On 10/27/2012 06:00 PM, Rajanikanth HV wrote:
> On 27 October 2012 20:37, Francesco Lavra <francescolavra.fl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 10/25/2012 08:30 AM, Rajanikanth H.V wrote:
>>> From: "Rajanikanth H.V" <rajanikanth.hv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> + bat_tech = of_get_property(np_bat_supply,
>>> + "stericsson,battery-type", NULL);
>>> + if (!bat_tech)
>>> + dev_warn(dev, "missing property battery-name/type\n");
>>> +
>>> + if (strncmp(bat_tech, "LION", 4) == 0) {
>>
>> What if bat_tech is NULL?
> It will be UNKNOWN

I wanted to draw your attention to the fact that if bat_tech is NULL you
are passing a NULL pointer to strncmp(), which is not good.
So you should assign a default value to bat_tech in case the battery
type property is not found in the DT, as below:

if (!bat_tech) {
dev_warn(dev, "missing property battery-name/type\n");
bat_tech = "UNKNOWN";
}

--
Francesco
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