linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: lustre: lustre: obdclass: lprocfs_status.c: Fix for possible null pointer dereference

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Date:	Mon, 15 Dec 2014 22:40:15 -0600
From:	Chris Rorvick <chris@...vick.com>
To:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
Cc:	Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@...el.com>,
	Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@...el.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>,
	Greg Donald <gdonald@...il.com>,
	"John L. Hammond" <john.hammond@...el.com>,
	Andriy Skulysh <Andriy_Skulysh@...atex.com>,
	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>,
	James Simmons <uja.ornl@...il.com>, HPDD-discuss@...ts.01.org,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: lustre: lustre: obdclass: lprocfs_status.c: Fix
 for possible null pointer dereference

On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 4:52 PM, Rickard Strandqvist
<rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se> wrote:
>         units = 1;
...
>         /* Specified units override the multiplier */
>         if (units)

That doesn't make much sense.  The conditional logic will always be
executed.  Maybe this is what's intended?

        /* Specified units override the multiplier */
-       if (units)
+       if (units > 1)
                mult = mult < 0 ? -units : units;

Chris
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