linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ipv4: fib: avoid NULL dereference

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Date:   Fri, 6 Jul 2018 09:39:41 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv4: fib: avoid NULL dereference



On 07/06/2018 09:33 AM, Mark Rutland wrote:

> Sure thing. Are you happy with the "deriving a pointer from NULL"
> wording in the explanation? That wasn't intended to mean a dereference.
> 
> I'll change the title to:
> 
>   ipv4: fib: avoid undefined behaviour

This would be fine for me, thanks.