linux-kernel - [PATCH] net: caif: replace BUG

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Message-Id: <20191215175132.30139-1-pakki001@umn.edu>
Date:   Sun, 15 Dec 2019 11:51:30 -0600
From:   Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>
To:     pakki001@....edu
Cc:     kjlu@....edu, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Allison Randal <allison@...utok.net>,
        Richard Fontana <rfontana@...hat.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Yang Wei <yang.wei9@....com.cn>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] net: caif: replace BUG_ON with recovery code

In caif_xmit, there is a crash if the ptr dev is NULL. However, by
returning the error to the callers, the error can be handled. The
patch fixes this issue.

Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>
---
 drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c b/drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c
index bd40b114d6cd..d737ceb61203 100644
--- a/drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c
@@ -270,7 +270,9 @@ static int caif_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct ser_device *ser;
 
-	BUG_ON(dev == NULL);
+	if (WARN_ON(!dev))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	ser = netdev_priv(dev);
 
 	/* Send flow off once, on high water mark */
-- 
2.20.1