struct device *cpu_dev = get_cpu_device((unsigned long)dev->cpu);
int error;
+ /*
+ * Return if cpu_device is not setup for this CPU.
+ *
+ * This could happen if the arch did not set up cpu_device
+ * since this CPU is not in cpu_present mask and the
+ * driver did not send a correct CPU mask during registration.
+ * Without this check we would end up passing bogus
+ * value for &cpu_dev->kobj in kobject_init_and_add()
+ */
+ if (!cpu_dev)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
kdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*kdev), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!kdev)
return -ENOMEM;