[PATCH v1] ACPI: PAD: xen: Check ACPI_COMPANION() against NULL

From: Rafael J. Wysocki

Date: Tue May 12 2026 - 12:27:34 EST


From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>

Every platform driver can be forced to match a device that doesn't match
its list of device IDs because of device_match_driver_override(), so
platform drivers that rely on the existence of a device's ACPI companion
object need to verify its presence.

Accordingly, add a requisite ACPI_COMPANION() check against NULL to the
Xen variant of the ACPI processor aggregator device (PAD) driver.

Fixes: 112b2f978afe ("ACPI: PAD: xen: Convert to a platform driver")
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/xen/xen-acpi-pad.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/xen/xen-acpi-pad.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xen-acpi-pad.c
@@ -110,9 +110,13 @@ static void acpi_pad_notify(acpi_handle

static int acpi_pad_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
- struct acpi_device *device = ACPI_COMPANION(&pdev->dev);
+ struct acpi_device *device;
acpi_status status;

+ device = ACPI_COMPANION(&pdev->dev);
+ if (!device)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
strcpy(acpi_device_name(device), ACPI_PROCESSOR_AGGREGATOR_DEVICE_NAME);
strcpy(acpi_device_class(device), ACPI_PROCESSOR_AGGREGATOR_CLASS);