linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] USB: host: Check for null res pointer

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Date:   Mon, 20 Dec 2021 16:29:46 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@...as.ac.cn>
Cc:     ok@...ecdesign.ee, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] USB: host: Check for null res pointer

On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 11:15:24PM +0800, Jiasheng Jiang wrote:
> The return value of platform_get_resource() needs to be checked.
> To avoid use of error pointer in case of the failure of alloc.

Should be all one sentence, right?

> 
> Fixes: 4808a1c02611 ("[PATCH] USB: Add isp116x-hcd USB host controller driver")
> Signed-off-by: Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@...as.ac.cn>

What driver is this?  That needs to be in the subject line at the very
least.