linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 13/15] platform/x86: wmi: create userspace interface for drivers

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Message-ID: <20171020132138.GA23973@kroah.com>
Date:   Fri, 20 Oct 2017 15:21:38 +0200
From:   Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:     Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@...l.com>
Cc:     dvhart@...radead.org, Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, quasisec@...gle.com,
        pali.rohar@...il.com, rjw@...ysocki.net, mjg59@...gle.com,
        hch@....de, Alan Cox <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 13/15] platform/x86: wmi: create userspace interface
 for drivers

On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 12:50:16PM -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> +	wblock = container_of(wdev, struct wmi_block, dev);
> +	if (!wblock)
> +		return -ENODEV;

How can container_of() ever return NULL?  If so, you have a very odd
memory layout...

> +	list_for_each_entry_safe(wblock, next, &wmi_block_list, list) {
> +		wdriver = container_of(wblock->dev.dev.driver,
> +					struct wmi_driver, driver);
> +		if (!wdriver)
> +			continue;

Same here.  And other places in this file.

thanks,

greg k-h