linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] can: mcp251xfd: mcp251xfd_handle

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Date:   Tue, 19 Jan 2021 08:54:32 +0100
From:   Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>
To:     angkery <angkery@....com>, manivannan.sadhasivam@...aro.org,
        thomas.kopp@...rochip.com, wg@...ndegger.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        kuba@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-can@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Junlin Yang <yangjunlin@...ong.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] can: mcp251xfd: mcp251xfd_handle_ivmif(): fix wrong NULL
 pointer check

On 1/19/21 3:02 AM, angkery wrote:
> From: Junlin Yang <yangjunlin@...ong.com>
> 
> if alloc_can_err_skb() returns NULL, we should check skb instead of cf.

Have a look at the function, there is a check for cf several times before this.
But as cf is initialized as NULL this is should be no problem.

While in:

| ca4c6ebeeb50 can: mcp251xfd: mcp251xfd_handle_rxif_one():
|             fix wrong NULL pointer check

a real problem has been fixed.

Marc

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