@@ -301,6 +301,9 @@ static struct gpio_desc *gpio_name_to_desc(const char * const name)
struct gpio_device *gdev;
unsigned long flags;
+ if (!name)
+ return NULL;
+
spin_lock_irqsave(&gpio_lock, flags);
list_for_each_entry(gdev, &gpio_devices, list) {
@@ -309,7 +312,7 @@ static struct gpio_desc *gpio_name_to_desc(const char * const name)
for (i = 0; i != gdev->ngpio; ++i) {
struct gpio_desc *desc = &gdev->descs[i];
- if (!desc->name || !name)
+ if (!desc->name)
continue;
if (!strcmp(desc->name, name)) {
Since name == NULL can't ever match, move the check out of IRQ-disabled region. Signed-off-by: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl> --- drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)