[PATCH v2] mtd: phram: error handling

[Saurabh Sengar]

registering the device with NULL pointer can lead to crash,
hence fixing it

Signed-off-by: Saurabh Sengar <saurabh.truth@xxxxxxxxx>
---
> Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> Hmmâ Why not just checking it before an register attempt? I think user
> is in right to know as many problems as they have at one shot, with
> your patch if there are two problems the user has to try twice.
Yes, taken your feedback, fixing it here in v2 as you recommended

 drivers/mtd/devices/phram.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/phram.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/phram.c
index 8b66e52..46b7a8a 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/phram.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/phram.c
@@ -257,6 +257,9 @@ static int phram_setup(const char *val)
 		parse_err("illegal device length\n");
 	}
 
+	if(!name)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	ret = register_device(name, start, len);
 	if (!ret)
 		pr_info("%s device: %#llx at %#llx\n", name, len, start);
-- 
1.9.1

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