linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI: APEI: Check NULL argument in exported symbol

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Date:   Thu, 23 Sep 2021 23:03:05 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Vasyl Gomonovych <vgomonovych@...vell.com>
Cc:     rafael@...nel.org, lenb@...nel.org, james.morse@....com,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>,
        Robert Richter <rrichter@....com>,
        Tom Saeger <tom.saeger@...cle.com>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: APEI: Check NULL argument in exported symbol

On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 10:48:11PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 12:56:10PM -0700, Vasyl Gomonovych wrote:
> > Exported symbol apei_hest_parse is external API
> > and should check pointer argument
> 
> Why?
> 
> All users pass a proper, non-NULL function pointer AFAICT.

Looking at this more, that apei_hest_parse() thng should be made static
and the export dropped.

The last user was removed in

708b20003624 ("PCI/AER: Remove HEST/FIRMWARE_FIRST parsing for AER ownership")

You could mention it in the commit log.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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