linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs/seq_file: Replace a seq_printf() call by seq_puts() in seq_hex

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Date:   Wed, 3 Jul 2019 11:53:46 +0200
From:   "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml@...ux.net>
To:     Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/seq_file: Replace a seq_printf() call by seq_puts() in
 seq_hex_dump()

On 02.07.19 18:38, Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2019 18:28:10 +0200
> 
> A string which did not contain a data format specification should be put
> into a sequence. Thus use the corresponding function “seq_puts”.

Looks good, but have you checked whether "m" could ever be NULL and
whether seq_puts() has a check for that ?


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