linux-kernel - RE: bna: potential null dereference

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Date:	Sun, 12 Sep 2010 15:41:53 -0700
From:	Debashis Dutt <ddutt@...cade.COM>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"debdut@...il.com" <debdut@...il.com>
CC:	"jirislaby@...il.com" <jirislaby@...il.com>,
	Rasesh Mody <rmody@...cade.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: bna: potential null dereference


-----Original Message-----
From: David Miller [mailto:davem@...emloft.net] 
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 3:38 PM
To: debdut@...il.com
Cc: jirislaby@...il.com; Debashis Dutt; Rasesh Mody; netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: bna: potential null dereference

From: Debashis Dutt <debdut@...il.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 15:35:41 -0700

> A patch is on the way by tomorrow. BTW, this is just an unnecessary
> check that should be removed and not a NULL de-reference.

I've already made a fix in the net-next-2.6 tree.

You should send me fixes like this when you have them and are
reasonably confident of the change, which for something like
this should have been a day or two at most, not a week later.


Sure David. 

Apologize for the delay again. Had too many things on my plate.
Would be more prompt hence forth.

Thanks
--Debashis
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