Re: [PATCH] mtd: physmap_of: fix cmdline partition method w/o linux,mtd-name

[Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>]

Hi linux-mtd, Artem, David,

Ping?

It's been a month, and this is a simple uninitialized pointer dereference bug 
fix.

baruch

On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 01:10:50PM +0200, Baruch Siach wrote:
> Commit d68cbdd4fb (mtd: physmap_of: allow to specify the mtd name for retro
> compatiblity) broke cmdline partitioning using dev_name() in the kernel command
> line.  of_property_read_string() does not touch mtd_name when linux,mtd-name is
> not present in the device tree, which causes map.name to be set to a random
> value.  Fix this by initializing mtd_name to NULL.
> 
> Cc: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com>
> Signed-off-by: Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/maps/physmap_of.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap_of.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap_of.c
> index 37cdc20..6fb2bd8 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap_of.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap_of.c
> @@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ static int of_flash_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
>  	resource_size_t res_size;
>  	struct mtd_part_parser_data ppdata;
>  	bool map_indirect;
> -	const char *mtd_name;
> +	const char *mtd_name = NULL;
>  
>  	match = of_match_device(of_flash_match, &dev->dev);
>  	if (!match)

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