linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/radeon/radeon_cp.c: check for invalid radeon family

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Date:	Thu, 7 Jan 2010 13:48:49 +1000
From:	Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>
To:	Darren Jenkins <darrenrjenkins@...il.com>
Cc:	David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
	dri-devel mailing list <dri-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	Kernel Janitors <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/radeon/radeon_cp.c: check for invalid radeon family

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Darren Jenkins
<darrenrjenkins@...il.com> wrote:
> If there is an invalid radeon family the fw_name is NULL and causes an
> NULL pointer dereference.
> This just adds a check for something unexpected.
>

Same as for last one, unless a developer explicity writes code wrong,
this cannot
happen, and I'd prefer a developer would see an oops.

Dave.
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