Re: [PATCH net] can: flexcan: Fix probing for m68k/coldfire

["Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub)" <u.kleine-koenig@baylibre.com>]

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Hello Marc,

On Thu, Jun 18, 2026 at 04:01:47PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub) wrote:
> When determining the device details was reworked in commit 5e6c3454b405
> ("net: can: Use device_get_match_data()") there was no replacement for
> the previous handling of non-of instantiated devices via the device's
> id_entry which then results in a NULL pointer exception. The only
> in-tree provider of such a device is arch/m68k/coldfire/device.c.
> 
> Given the id_table only contains a single entry just hardcode the result
> of `platform_get_device_id(pdev)->driver_data` and drop the unused
> assignment to .driver_data from the table.
> 
> While touching the id table, drop the unusual comma after the terminator
> entry.
> 
> Fixes: 5e6c3454b405 ("net: can: Use device_get_match_data()")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub) <u.kleine-koenig@baylibre.com>

Given this fixes a crash (NULL pointer exception), it would be great to
get this applied. The issue is already old (Sept 2023, v6.8-rc1), so
there is probably no urge to get this in before 7.2, but getting it into
next and then 7.3-rc1 would be good.

Best regards
Uwe

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