linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lib/test_kmod: remove a NULL test

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Date:   Fri, 28 Feb 2020 13:04:44 +0000
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib/test_kmod: remove a NULL test

On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 12:24:52PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> The "info" pointer has already been dereferenced so checking here is
> too late.  Fortunately, we never pass NULL pointers to the
> test_kmod_put_module() function so the test can simply be removed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

Acked-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>

Andrew, mind this going up through you? I'll bounce you the original
next.

  Luis

> ---
>  lib/test_kmod.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/test_kmod.c b/lib/test_kmod.c
> index 9cf77628fc91..e651c37d56db 100644
> --- a/lib/test_kmod.c
> +++ b/lib/test_kmod.c
> @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static void test_kmod_put_module(struct kmod_test_device_info *info)
>  	case TEST_KMOD_DRIVER:
>  		break;
>  	case TEST_KMOD_FS_TYPE:
> -		if (info && info->fs_sync && info->fs_sync->owner)
> +		if (info->fs_sync && info->fs_sync->owner)
>  			module_put(info->fs_sync->owner);
>  		break;
>  	default:
> -- 
> 2.11.0
>