linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] cxl: Fix null pointer dereference in cxl_get

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Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 16:02:51 +1100
From: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>
To: Kunwu Chan <chentao@...inos.cn>, fbarrat@...ux.ibm.com, arnd@...db.de,
        mpe@...erman.id.au, mrochs@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Kunwu Chan
	 <kunwu.chan@...mail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] cxl: Fix null pointer dereference in cxl_get_fd

On Fri, 2024-01-12 at 13:49 +0800, Kunwu Chan wrote:

> +err:
> +	if (rc < 0)
> +		return ERR_PTR(rc);
>  	return NULL;

I don't think there's a way for this NULL to ever get returned?

Apart from that it looks good:

Reviewed-by: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>

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