linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts/coccinelle/iterators/use_after_iter.cocci: list iterator variable semantic patch

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Date:	Fri, 13 Jul 2012 23:09:29 +0200
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
To:	Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
Cc:	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
	Nicolas Palix <npalix.work@...il.com>, cocci@...u.dk,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts/coccinelle/iterators/use_after_iter.cocci: list
 iterator variable semantic patch

Dne 9.7.2012 22:40, Julia Lawall napsal(a):
> From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
> 
> If list_for_each_entry, etc complete a traversal of the list, the iterator
> variable ends up pointing to an address at an offset from the list head,
> and not a meaningful structure.  Thus this value should not be used after
> the end of the iterator.

Applied to kbuild.git#misc, thanks.

Michal
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