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

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Date:   Wed, 13 Jul 2022 22:33:59 -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 RESEND -next] lsm_audit: Clean up redundant NULL pointer check

On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 9:27 PM 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 users 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(-)

Hi Xiu Jianfeng,

We just changed LSM maintainers earlier this week, and while I haven't
forgotten about your patch (I reviewed it previously), it is too late
in this current release cycle (-rc6) to merge non-critical fixes.
This would go into the LSM tree after the upcoming merge window.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

-- 
paul-moore.com