On 21/11/13 13:44, James Hogan wrote:
> Check whether initial_boot_params is NULL before dereferencing it in
> unflatten_and_copy_device_tree() for the case where no device tree is
> available but the arch can still boot to a minimal usable system without
> it. In this case also log a warning for when the kernel log buffer is
> obtainable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Hogan <[email protected]>
> Cc: Grant Likely <[email protected]>
> Cc: Rob Herring <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]

Hmm, sorry, I forgot to add Grant's:
Acked-by: Grant Likely <[email protected]>

(from v1)

Cheers
James

> ---
> v2:
>  * Log a warning for those who can obtain the kernel log buffer (Grant
>    Likely).
> ---
>  drivers/of/fdt.c | 12 ++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c
> index 2fa024b97c43..758b4f8b30b7 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/fdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c
> @@ -922,8 +922,16 @@ void __init unflatten_device_tree(void)
>   */
>  void __init unflatten_and_copy_device_tree(void)
>  {
> -     int size = __be32_to_cpu(initial_boot_params->totalsize);
> -     void *dt = early_init_dt_alloc_memory_arch(size,
> +     int size;
> +     void *dt;
> +
> +     if (!initial_boot_params) {
> +             pr_warn("No valid device tree found, continuing without\n");
> +             return;
> +     }
> +
> +     size = __be32_to_cpu(initial_boot_params->totalsize);
> +     dt = early_init_dt_alloc_memory_arch(size,
>               __alignof__(struct boot_param_header));
>  
>       if (dt) {
> 

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