Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 2 Dec 2013 10:56:50 +0000 | From | Lee Jones <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH RESEND] mfd: mc13xxx: Fix null pointer dereference in mc13xxx_common_init |
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On Sat, 30 Nov 2013, Alexander Shiyan wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 08:55:37AM +0400, Alexander Shiyan wrote: > > > If this driver being loaded from devicetree, the pdata is NULL. > > > This cause kernel Oops when "fsl,mc13xxx-uses-codec" and/or > > > "fsl,mc13xxx-uses-touch" properties is specified. > > > > > > mc13xxx spi0.0: mc13783: rev: 3.3, fin: 0, fab: 0, icid: 2/0 > > > Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000018 > ... > > > - if (mc13xxx->flags & MC13XXX_USE_TOUCHSCREEN) > > > + if ((mc13xxx->flags & MC13XXX_USE_CODEC) && pdata) > > > > Why do we check for CODEC if the Touchscreen should be used? > > Oops, my fault, copy/paste bug. > I'll send the corrected version.
No, please don't.
Just provide proper Device Tree support.
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