linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: fix possible NULL dereference

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Date:	Thu, 10 Mar 2016 13:03:52 +0100
From:	Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
To:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: fix possible NULL dereference

On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 05:09:13PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> We were checking for iter to be NULL after dereferencing it. Lets first
> check it and then use it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip.mukherjee@...ethink.co.uk>

Good catch
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>

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