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From: Tobias Wolf <dev-NTEO@vplace.de>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 10:40:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] of: Add check to of_scan_flat_dt() before accessing
 initial_boot_params

An empty __dtb_start to __dtb_end section might result in initial_boot_params
being null for arch/mips/ralink. This showed that the boot process hangs
indefinitely in of_scan_flat_dt().

Signed-off-by: Tobias Wolf <dev-NTEO@vplace.de>
---

--- a/drivers/of/fdt.c
+++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c
@@ -632,9 +632,12 @@ int __init of_scan_flat_dt(int (*it)(uns
 	const char *pathp;
 	int offset, rc = 0, depth = -1;
 
-        for (offset = fdt_next_node(blob, -1, &depth);
-             offset >= 0 && depth >= 0 && !rc;
-             offset = fdt_next_node(blob, offset, &depth)) {
+	if (!blob)
+		return 0;
+
+	for (offset = fdt_next_node(blob, -1, &depth);
+	     offset >= 0 && depth >= 0 && !rc;
+	     offset = fdt_next_node(blob, offset, &depth)) {
 
 		pathp = fdt_get_name(blob, offset, NULL);
 		if (*pathp == '/')