netdev - Re: [PATCH net] tls: fix NULL deref on tls_sw_splice

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Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 09:04:13 +0000
From: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
Cc: dhowells@...hat.com, Boris Pismenny <borisp@...dia.com>,
    John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
    Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
    "David S.
 Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
    linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] tls: fix NULL deref on tls_sw_splice_eof() with empty record

Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com> wrote:

> +	/* same checks as in tls_sw_push_pending_record() */

Wouldn't it be better to say what you're checking rather than referring off to
another function that might one day disappear or be renamed?

David