linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] misc: cxl: Move a deference below a NULL test

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Thu, 27 Sep 2018 09:46:16 +1000
From:   Andrew Donnellan <andrew.donnellan@....ibm.com>
To:     zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     fbarrat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, arnd@...db.de,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] misc: cxl: Move a deference below a NULL test

On 26/9/18 9:41 pm, zhong jiang wrote:
> It is safe to move a deference below a NULL test.
> 
> Signed-off-by: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>

Thanks for catching this.

Acked-by: Andrew Donnellan <andrew.donnellan@....ibm.com>

> ---
>   drivers/misc/cxl/guest.c | 4 ++--
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/guest.c b/drivers/misc/cxl/guest.c
> index 3bc0c15..559e835 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/cxl/guest.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/guest.c
> @@ -1018,11 +1018,11 @@ int cxl_guest_init_afu(struct cxl *adapter, int slice, struct device_node *afu_n
>   
>   void cxl_guest_remove_afu(struct cxl_afu *afu)
>   {
> -	pr_devel("in %s - AFU(%d)\n", __func__, afu->slice);
> -
>   	if (!afu)
>   		return;
>   
> +	pr_devel("in %s - AFU(%d)\n", __func__, afu->slice);
> +
>   	/* flush and stop pending job */
>   	afu->guest->handle_err = false;
>   	flush_delayed_work(&afu->guest->work_err);
> 

-- 
Andrew Donnellan              OzLabs, ADL Canberra
andrew.donnellan@....ibm.com  IBM Australia Limited