linux-kernel - Re: IPv4: ip_options_compile() how can we avoid blowing up on a NULL skb???

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Date:	Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:46:18 -0500
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...ightbb.com>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, jesper.juhl@...il.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: IPv4: ip_options_compile() how can we avoid blowing up on a NULL skb???

On Thursday 16 November 2006 19:37, Herbert Xu wrote:
> David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> >
> > I'm very happy to accept a patch which assert's this using BUG()
> > checks :-)
> 
> A BUG() won't be necessary because the NULL pointer dereferences will
> OOPS anyway.
>

BUG()s there would be a mechanism to document invariants so next time
someone is looking at the code there are no questions.

-- 
Dmitry
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