linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usbip: vudc: check for NULL before use

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Date:   Tue, 20 Dec 2016 07:31:44 -0700
From:   Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
To:     Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>,
        Valentina Manea <valentina.manea.m@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usbip: vudc: check for NULL before use

On 12/18/2016 03:44 PM, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> to_vep() is doing a container_of() on _ep. It is better to do the NULL
> check first and then use it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip.mukherjee@...ethink.co.uk>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_dev.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_dev.c b/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_dev.c
> index 968471b..32ea604 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_dev.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_dev.c
> @@ -388,10 +388,10 @@ static int vep_dequeue(struct usb_ep *_ep, struct usb_request *_req)
>  	unsigned long flags;
>  	int ret = 0;
>  
> -	ep = to_vep(_ep);
>  	if (!_ep)
>  		return -EINVAL;

Hmm. Linus's latest checks _ep and _req. Are you sure you are working
with the latest tree?

>  
> +	ep = to_vep(_ep);
>  	udc = ep_to_vudc(ep);
>  	if (!udc->driver)
>  		return -ESHUTDOWN;
>

thanks,
-- Shuah