linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] lsm_audit: Clean up redundant NULL pointer check

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Message-ID: <CAHC9VhR8k-MDnHsMcdYb5SondWGem19CRPx5p23WtkcrHFaBnQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 14 Jun 2022 22:07:14 -0400
From:   Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:     Xiu Jianfeng <xiujianfeng@...wei.com>
Cc:     jmorris@...ei.org, serge@...lyn.com,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] lsm_audit: Clean up redundant NULL pointer check

On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 8:13 AM Xiu Jianfeng <xiujianfeng@...wei.com> wrote:
>
> The implements of {ip,tcp,udp,dccp,sctp,ipv6}_hdr(skb) guarantee that
> they will never return NULL, and elsewhere user don't do the check
> as well, so remove the check here.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiu Jianfeng <xiujianfeng@...wei.com>
> ---
>  security/lsm_audit.c | 14 +-------------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 13 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>

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