From c413a43d5a127f9c5b7d7f5cc2df203a7f1734f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Houman brinjcargorabi <houman.brinjcargorabir@intel.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2016 14:42:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] mraa.c: Fixed logic error when deciding if the description is
 null

Signed-off-by: Houman Brinjcargorabi <houman.brinjcargorabi@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Brendan Le Foll <brendan.le.foll@intel.com>
---
 src/mraa.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/mraa.c b/src/mraa.c
index e14f64b..867a45a 100644
--- a/src/mraa.c
+++ b/src/mraa.c
@@ -1132,10 +1132,13 @@ mraa_init_io(const char* desc)
     // max size is 4 + 1 for the \0 = 5 rounded to 8
     char buffer[256] = { 0 }, type[8] = { 0 };
     char *token = 0, *str = 0;
+    if (desc == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
     length = strlen(desc);
     // Check to see the length is less than or equal to 255 which means
     // byte 256 is supposed to be \0
-    if (length > 255 || desc == NULL || length == 0) {
+    if (length > 255 || length == 0) {
         return NULL;
     }
     strncpy(buffer, desc, length);