[PATCH] of/device: Protect against binding of_platform_drivers to non-OF devices
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From: Grant Likely on 22 Jul 2010 18:30 There is an unlikely chance of this situation is occurring, but it is easy to protect against. If a matching entry cannot be found in the of_match_table, then don't bind the driver. Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely(a)secretlab.ca> --- drivers/of/platform.c | 7 ++++++- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/of/platform.c b/drivers/of/platform.c index 712dfd8..f3f1ec8 100644 --- a/drivers/of/platform.c +++ b/drivers/of/platform.c @@ -30,8 +30,13 @@ static int platform_driver_probe_shim(struct platform_device *pdev) pdrv = container_of(pdev->dev.driver, struct platform_driver, driver); ofpdrv = container_of(pdrv, struct of_platform_driver, platform_driver); + + /* There is an unlikely chance that an of_platform driver might match + * on a non-OF platform device. If so, then of_match_device() will + * come up empty. Return -EINVAL in this case so other drivers get + * the chance to bind. */ match = of_match_device(pdev->dev.driver->of_match_table, &pdev->dev); - return ofpdrv->probe(pdev, match); + return match ? ofpdrv->probe(pdev, match) : -EINVAL; } static void platform_driver_shutdown_shim(struct platform_device *pdev) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ |