linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix for possible null pointer dereference in node.c

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Message-ID: <CAFo99gbSLRaV+f=53b+ph+P=TH1faDZ0PATENVDtv_v+6mA+Xw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 16 May 2014 00:14:31 +0200
From:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Omar Ramirez Luna <omar.ramirez@...itl.com>,
	Masood Mehmood <ody.guru@...il.com>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix for possible null pointer dereference in node.c

Hi all, and Greg!

Good idea!
I will do it in all the other mail.


Best regards
Rickard Strandqvist


2014-05-16 0:08 GMT+02:00 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>:
> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 11:53:53PM +0200, Rickard Strandqvist wrote:
>> There is otherwise a risk of a possible null pointer dereference.
>>
>> Was largely found by using a static code analysis program called cppcheck.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
>> ---
>>  drivers/staging/tidspbridge/rmgr/node.c |    4 ++--
>>  1 fil ändrad, 2 tillägg(+), 2 borttagningar(-)
>
> Please work a bit on your Subject lines to make it easier to figure out
> where the patches belong.
>
> For this one, it should be:
>         Subject: staging: tidspridge: fix for possible null pointer dereference in node.c
> or:
>         Subject: staging: tidspridge: node.c: fix for possible null pointer dereference
>
> That way people can figure out _what_ node.c file you are referring to
> and to see if they care about it or not :)
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
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