[PATCH] soc: mediatek: Handle return of of_match_device function

[robin.murphy@arm.com (Robin Murphy)]

On 01/02/18 15:09, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 4:02 PM, Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com> wrote:
>> On 01/02/18 11:00, Himanshu Jha wrote:
>>> In scpsys_probe function, return value of of_match_device function which
>>> returns null is dereferenced without checking. Therefore, add a check for
>>> potential null dereference.
>>>
>>> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1424087 "Dereference null return value"
>>>
>>> Fixes: commit 53fddb1a66dd ("soc: mediatek: reduce code duplication of
>>> scpsys_probe across all SoCs")
>>> Signed-off-by: Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@gmail.com>
>>> ---
>>>    drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-scpsys.c | 3 +++
>>>    1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-scpsys.c
>>> b/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-scpsys.c
>>> index 435ce5e..6e7f196 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-scpsys.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-scpsys.c
>>> @@ -981,6 +981,9 @@ static int scpsys_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>>          int i, ret;
>>>          match = of_match_device(of_scpsys_match_tbl, &pdev->dev);
>>> +       if (!match)
>>> +               return -EINVAL;
>>> +
>>>          soc = (const struct scp_soc_data *)match->data;
>>
>> You could of course replace the whole sequence with an
>> of_device_get_match_data() call, which happens to be inherently safe against
>> the no-match case even when that *is* impossible by design.
> 
> +1
> 
>>>          scp = init_scp(pdev, soc->domains, soc->num_domains, &soc->regs,
> 
> ... followed by the static analyser gang complaining we may dereference
> NULL pointer soc...

Well, if the static analysers can't track the provenance of 
dev->driver->of_match_table, let's keep ignoring them until they get 
cleverer :P

Robin.

> 
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
>                          Geert
> 
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