linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] qla2xxx: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference

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Date:   Fri, 04 Oct 2019 08:10:20 +0200
From:   Martin Wilck <mwilck@...e.de>
To:     Allen Pais <allen.pais@...cle.com>, martin.petersen@...cle.com
Cc:     jejb@...ux.ibm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] qla2xxx: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference

On Wed, 2019-09-18 at 22:06 +0530, Allen Pais wrote:
> alloc_workqueue is not checked for errors and as a result,
> a potential NULL dereference could occur.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Allen Pais <allen.pais@...cle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

Reviewed-by: Martin Wilck <mwilck@...e.com>