of_match_device on failure to find a matching device can return a NULL
pointer. The patch checks for such a scenrio and passes the error upstream.
Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki...@umn.edu>
---
drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c
index 231f751d1ef4..7e7b1559fa36 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c
@@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ static int mvebu_uart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
return -EINVAL;
}
+ if (!match)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
/* Assume that all UART ports have a DT alias or none has */
id = of_alias_get_id(pdev->dev.of_node, "serial");
if (!pdev->dev.of_node || id < 0)
--
2.17.1
