of_match_device could return NULL, and so cause a NULL pointer dereference later.
For fixing this problem, we use of_device_get_match_data(), this will simplify the code a little by using a standard function for getting the match data. Reported-by: coverity (CID 1324139) Signed-off-by: LABBE Corentin <clabbe.montj...@gmail.com> --- drivers/pwm/pwm-sun4i.c | 5 +---- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-sun4i.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-sun4i.c index 03a99a5..72f0060 100644 --- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-sun4i.c +++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-sun4i.c @@ -309,9 +309,6 @@ static int sun4i_pwm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) struct resource *res; u32 val; int i, ret; - const struct of_device_id *match; - - match = of_match_device(sun4i_pwm_dt_ids, &pdev->dev); pwm = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*pwm), GFP_KERNEL); if (!pwm) @@ -326,7 +323,7 @@ static int sun4i_pwm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) if (IS_ERR(pwm->clk)) return PTR_ERR(pwm->clk); - pwm->data = match->data; + pwm->data = of_device_get_match_data(&pdev->dev); pwm->chip.dev = &pdev->dev; pwm->chip.ops = &sun4i_pwm_ops; pwm->chip.base = -1; -- 2.7.3