linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] media: dvb-usb: Fix use-after-free access

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Date:   Mon, 01 Feb 2021 09:22:10 +0100
From:   Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To:     Sean Young <sean@...s.org>
Cc:     Robert Foss <robert.foss@...aro.org>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        linux-media <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Stefan Seyfried <seife+kernel@...systems.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] media: dvb-usb: Fix use-after-free access

On Sun, 31 Jan 2021 16:04:56 +0100,
Sean Young wrote:
> 
> Hi Takashi,
> 
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 04:47:44PM +0100, Robert Foss wrote:
> > Hey Takashi,
> > 
> > This patch is generating a checkpatch warning, but I think it is
> > spurious and can be ignored.
> 
> The checkpatch warning isn't superious and should really be corrected.

It's case-by-case, checkpatch is no bible by itself.  In this
particular case, it was rather a false-positive of checkpatch: the
commit reference including a line-break.

This issue has been always annoying and I wish this will be dropped
from checkpatch in near future...


thanks,

Takashi