From: Dan Carpenter on
On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 11:35:17PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_of_scan.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_of_scan.c
> index 6ddb795..62dd363 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_of_scan.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_of_scan.c
> @@ -336,8 +336,7 @@ static void __devinit __of_scan_bus(struct device_node *node,
> if (dev->hdr_type == PCI_HEADER_TYPE_BRIDGE ||
> dev->hdr_type == PCI_HEADER_TYPE_CARDBUS) {
> struct device_node *child = pci_device_to_OF_node(dev);
> - if (dev)
> - of_scan_pci_bridge(child, dev);
> + of_scan_pci_bridge(child, dev);

The intention was probably to check "child" instead of "dev".
pci_device_to_OF_node() can return NULL. On the other hand the code
has been this way for a year and no one has complained...

regards,
dan carpenter

> }
> }
> }
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From: Grant Likely on
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Dan Carpenter <error27(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 11:35:17PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_of_scan.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_of_scan.c
>> index 6ddb795..62dd363 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_of_scan.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_of_scan.c
>> @@ -336,8 +336,7 @@ static void __devinit __of_scan_bus(struct device_node *node,
>> � � � � � � � if (dev->hdr_type == PCI_HEADER_TYPE_BRIDGE ||
>> � � � � � � � � � dev->hdr_type == PCI_HEADER_TYPE_CARDBUS) {
>> � � � � � � � � � � � struct device_node *child = pci_device_to_OF_node(dev);
>> - � � � � � � � � � � if (dev)
>> - � � � � � � � � � � � � � � of_scan_pci_bridge(child, dev);
>> + � � � � � � � � � � of_scan_pci_bridge(child, dev);
>
> The intention was probably to check "child" instead of "dev".
> pci_device_to_OF_node() can return NULL. �On the other hand the code
> has been this way for a year and no one has complained...

Still, it should be fixed. It is likely that I'll be generalizing
this code for other architectures in the near future. I'll spin a
patch.

g.
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