linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/qxl: remove unnecessary BUG

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Date:   Fri, 6 Dec 2019 11:13:06 +0100
From:   Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com>
To:     Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>
Cc:     kjlu@....edu, Dave Airlie <airlied@...hat.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        spice-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/qxl: remove unnecessary BUG_ON check for handle

On Thu, Dec 05, 2019 at 05:42:31PM -0600, Aditya Pakki wrote:
> In qxl_gem_object_create_with_handle(), handle's memory is not
> allocated on the heap. Checking for failure of handle via BUG_ON
> is unnecessary. This patch eliminates the check.

The check makes sure the caller doesn't pass in handle == NULL
and it is needed.

cheers,
  Gerd