linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 RESEND] drm_crtc: check if fb

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Date:	Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:53:37 +0100
From:	Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>
To:	"Su, Xuemin" <xuemin.su@...el.com>
Cc:	airlied@...ux.ie, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com,
	bo.he@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 RESEND] drm_crtc: check if fb_create return NULL

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 11:19:27AM +0800, Su, Xuemin wrote:
> From: xueminsu <xuemin.su@...el.com>
> Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:39:39 +0800
> Subject: [PATCH] drm_crtc: check if fb_create return NULL
> 
> Some buggy driver may still return NULL in fb_create,
> which leads to kernel panic.
> 
> Signed-off-by: xueminsu <xuemin.su@...el.com>

Imo just BUG_ON(!fb); and call it a day. Makes it pretty clear what's
expected of the drivers.
-Daniel
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