linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: scm: moving dereference after NULL check

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Message-Id: <20120924.155148.1513263823536378183.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:51:48 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	maxin.john@...il.com
Cc:	cxzhang@...son.ibm.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: scm: moving dereference after NULL check

From: "Maxin B. John" <maxin.john@...il.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 13:03:30 -0400

> scm_destroy_cred() dereferences 'scm' before null check
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maxin B. John <maxin.john@...il.com>

Every caller of scm_destroy() passes a non-NULL scm, so the
NULL test can be removed entirely.

I'll do this in net-next, thanks.
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