of/device: Protect against binding of_platform_drivers to non-OF devices
authorGrant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:36:28 +0000 (10:36 -0600)
committerGrant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:57:53 +0000 (09:57 -0600)
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@secretlab.ca>
drivers/of/platform.c

index 712dfd866df09e0bc73aecfddab1410a886ea387..f3f1ec81ef487a08990535f670b7027c9bc43b06 100644 (file)
@@ -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)