netdev - Re: [2.6 patch] net/llc/llc_conn.c: fix possible NULL dereference

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Date:	Fri, 18 May 2007 23:03:53 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eteo@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, acme@...hat.com, randy.dunlap@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] net/llc/llc_conn.c: fix possible NULL dereference

From: Eugene Teo <eteo@...hat.com>
Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 13:49:11 +0800

> Spotted by the Coverity checker.

Why am I not surprised :-(

There is no bug here, if Coverity warns every single time skb_peek()
is used and not tested against NULL, that's a very serious shortcoming
of Coverity or what it has been taught about SKB queues.

It needs to learn that skb_queue_len() != 0 implies skb_peek() will
not return NULL sans locking errors.
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