netdev - Re: [PATCH net] netdev: remove potentially harmful checks

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Date:	Mon, 07 Apr 2014 15:52:46 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	vfalico@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, dborkman@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
	nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
	stephen@...workplumber.org, hkchu@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] netdev: remove potentially harmful checks

From: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...hat.com>
Date: Mon,  7 Apr 2014 11:25:12 +0200

> Currently we're checking a variable for != NULL after actually
> dereferencing it, in netdev_lower_get_next_private*().
> 
> It's counter-intuitive at best, and can lead to faulty usage (as it implies
> that the variable can be NULL), so fix it by removing the useless checks.
> 
> Reported-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
> CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> CC: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> CC: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
> CC: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
> CC: stephen hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
> CC: Jerry Chu <hkchu@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...hat.com>

Applied, thanks.
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