linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sound: soc: davinci - Fix possible NULL derefrence.

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Date:   Fri, 27 Jan 2017 11:58:23 +0000
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Shailendra Verma <shailendra.v@...sung.com>
Cc:     Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, p.shailesh@...sung.com,
        ashish.kalra@...sung.com,
        Shailendra Verma <shailendra.capricorn@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sound: soc: davinci - Fix possible NULL derefrence.

On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 04:40:57PM +0530, Shailendra Verma wrote:
> of_match_device could return NULL, and so can cause a NULL
> pointer dereference later.

Oh, and:

Please submit patches using subject lines reflecting the style for the
subsystem.  This makes it easier for people to identify relevant
patches.  Look at what existing commits in the area you're changing are
doing and make sure your subject lines visually resemble what they're
doing.

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