netdev - RE: [PATCH 3/7] net: core: eliminate dev_alloc_name{,

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Date:   Mon, 20 Nov 2017 14:26:27 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Rasmus Villemoes' <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 3/7] net: core: eliminate dev_alloc_name{,_ns} code
 duplication

From: Rasmus Villemoes
> Sent: 12 November 2017 23:15
> dev_alloc_name contained a BUG_ON(), which I moved to dev_alloc_name_ns;
> the only other caller of that already has the same BUG_ON.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
> ---
>  net/core/dev.c | 12 ++----------
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
> index 240ae6bc1097..1077bfe97bde 100644
> --- a/net/core/dev.c
> +++ b/net/core/dev.c
> @@ -1112,6 +1112,7 @@ static int dev_alloc_name_ns(struct net *net,
>  	char buf[IFNAMSIZ];
>  	int ret;
> 
> +	BUG_ON(!net);
>  	ret = __dev_alloc_name(net, name, buf);

Just delete it.
The NULL pointer dereference is as easy to debug as the BUG().

	David