linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] mtip32xx: fix potential NULL pointer dereference in mtip_timeout

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Date:	Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:51:30 +0100
From:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:	Wei Yongjun <weiyj.lk@...il.com>
CC:	smani@...ron.com, yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] mtip32xx: fix potential NULL pointer dereference
 in mtip_timeout_function()

On 2012-11-08 10:35, Wei Yongjun wrote:
> From: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn>
> 
> The dereference to port should be moved below the NULL test.
> 
> dpatch engine is used to auto generate this patch.
> (https://github.com/weiyj/dpatch)

Thanks, it definitely doesn't make sense to check for !port after having
dereferenced it. Applied.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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