linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i2c: add sanity check to i2c_put

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Message-ID: <20130807150559.GG2978@katana>
Date:	Wed, 7 Aug 2013 17:05:59 +0200
From:	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:	Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: add sanity check to i2c_put_adapter

On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 02:10:46PM +0200, Sebastian Hesselbarth wrote:
> i2c_put_adapter dereferences i2c_adapter pointer passed without check
> for NULL. This adds a check for non-NULL pointer to allow i2c_put_adapter
> called with NULL and behave the same way i2c_release_client does already.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>

Applied to for-next, thanks! Please describe the use case next time in
the patch description. The current text describes more what is changed
not why. You did that later ("easier probing").


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