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gpio: gpiolib-devprop: Check chip->parent pointer before dereferencing

Confirm the chip->parent is valid before dereferencing because
the parent parameter is optional.

Signed-off-by: Thor Thayer <tthayer@opensource.altera.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Thor Thayer 8 years ago
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      drivers/gpio/gpiolib-devprop.c

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drivers/gpio/gpiolib-devprop.c

@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ void devprop_gpiochip_set_names(struct gpio_chip *chip)
 	const char **names;
 	int ret, i;
 
+	if (!chip->parent) {
+		dev_warn(&gdev->dev, "GPIO chip parent is NULL\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	ret = device_property_read_string_array(chip->parent, "gpio-line-names",
 						NULL, 0);
 	if (ret < 0)