linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Memory - Fix possible NULL derefrence.

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Date:   Mon, 30 Jan 2017 08:59:37 +0100
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
To:     Shailendra Verma <shailendra.v@...sung.com>
Cc:     Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
        Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>,
        LABBE Corentin <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, p.shailesh@...sung.com,
        ashish.kalra@...sung.com,
        Shailendra Verma <shailendra.capricorn@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Memory - Fix possible NULL derefrence.

On 30/01/2017 at 10:30:05 +0530, Shailendra Verma wrote:
> of_device_get_match_data could return NULL, and so can cause
> a NULL pointer dereference later.
> 

No, it will never return NULL because it will always match.

At some point, I would really like people to stop blindly sending
patches generated by coccinelle.


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Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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