Re: [PATCH] usb: phy: msm: fix a possible NULL dereference

[Corentin LABBE]

Le 16/11/2015 18:07, Felipe Balbi a écrit :
> 
> Hi,
> 
> LABBE Corentin <clabbe.montjoie@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> of_match_device could return NULL, and so cause a NULL pointer
>> dereference later. Renaming id to of_id (like all others do) in the
>> process.
>>
>> Reported-by: coverity (CID 1324133)
>> Signed-off-by: LABBE Corentin <clabbe.montjoie@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/usb/phy/phy-msm-usb.c | 9 ++++++---
>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/usb/phy/phy-msm-usb.c b/drivers/usb/phy/phy-msm-usb.c
>> index 80eb991..c4a66cf 100644
>> --- a/drivers/usb/phy/phy-msm-usb.c
>> +++ b/drivers/usb/phy/phy-msm-usb.c
>> @@ -1506,20 +1506,23 @@ static int msm_otg_read_dt(struct platform_device *pdev, struct msm_otg *motg)
>>  {
>>  	struct msm_otg_platform_data *pdata;
>>  	struct extcon_dev *ext_id, *ext_vbus;
>> -	const struct of_device_id *id;
>> +	const struct of_device_id *of_id;
> 
> and why did you need to rename this variable ? Please resend without the
> variable rename.
> 

I was renaming because all other drivers call it of_id, but I got hint from another thread to use of_device_get_match_data() which will permit to remove that variable, and still solve the issue.

Regards

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