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

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Date:   Wed, 21 Dec 2016 13:33:15 +0000
From:   Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
To:     Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Cc:     Valentina Manea <valentina.manea.m@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usbip: vudc: check for NULL before use

On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 07:31:44AM -0700, Shuah Khan wrote:
> 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?

I checked with next-20161221 and its still there.

regards
sudip