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From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 20:24:04 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio: gpiolib-devprop: Check chip->parent pointer before dereferencing
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On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 6:31 PM,  <tthayer@opensource.altera.com> wrote:

> From: Thor Thayer <tthayer@opensource.altera.com>
>
> Confirm the chip->parent is valid before dereferencing because
> the parent parameter is optional.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thor Thayer <tthayer@opensource.altera.com>

I wish it wasn't. Not much to do about though.

Patch applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij