linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Revert "rsi: fix potential null dereference in rsi

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Date:   Tue, 08 Oct 2019 18:56:37 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>,
        Amitkumar Karwar <amitkarwar@...il.com>,
        Siva Rebbagondla <siva8118@...il.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Denis Efremov <efremov@...ux.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Revert "rsi: fix potential null dereference in rsi_probe()"

Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org> writes:

> Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org> writes:
>
>> This reverts commit f170d44bc4ec2feae5f6206980e7ae7fbf0432a0.
>>
>> USB core will never call a USB-driver probe function with a NULL
>> device-id pointer.
>>
>> Reverting before removing the existing checks in order to document this
>> and prevent the offending commit from being "autoselected" for stable.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
>
> I'll queue these two to v5.4.

Actually I'll take that back. Commit f170d44bc4ec is in -next so I have
to also queue these to -next.

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