linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mvsas:Fix possible NULL pointer deference in mvs_dev_found

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Message-ID: <111532.1457572705@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date:	Wed, 09 Mar 2016 20:18:25 -0500
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Dāvis Mosāns <davispuh@...il.com>
Cc:	Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>,
	luisbg@....samsung.com, Wilfried.Weissmann@....at,
	"linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mvsas:Fix possible NULL pointer deference in mvs_dev_found_notify

On Wed, 09 Mar 2016 22:33:47 +0200, D��vis Mos��ns said:

> About whether mvs_find_dev_mvi can return NULL it looks like it's possible,
> but I'm not sure if it practically happens. I guess it did hence patch.

Or the "bug" was found by incorrect code inspection.  Nick has a history
of submitting patches that are for either non-existent problems or
don't deal with with the issue correctly - bad enough that he's not
allowed to post to the linux-kernel list.

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