linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] net-PPP: Delete an unnecessary assignment in mppe

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Message-ID: <20141205135723.GE4912@mwanda>
Date:	Fri, 5 Dec 2014 16:57:23 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, linux-ppp@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] net-PPP: Delete an unnecessary assignment in
 mppe_alloc()

On Fri, Dec 05, 2014 at 01:44:30PM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> >> The data structure element "arc4" was assigned a null pointer by the
> >> mppe_alloc() function if a previous function call "crypto_alloc_blkcipher"
> >> failed.
> > 
> > crypto_alloc_blkcipher() returns error pointers and not NULL.
> 
> That is true.
> 

Oh.  In that case, I misunderstood what you wrote.  Looking at it now,
this patch is actually ok.

regards,
dan carpenter

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