linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] drm/amd/display: fix NULL dereference

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Date:   Wed, 15 Nov 2023 07:52:52 +0200
From:   José Pekkarinen <jose.pekkarinen@...hound.fi>
To:     Hamza Mahfooz <hamza.mahfooz@....com>
Cc:     harry.wentland@....com, sunpeng.li@....com,
        Rodrigo.Siqueira@....com, alexander.deucher@....com,
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        sungjoon.kim@....com, wenjing.liu@....com, mikita.lipski@....com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] drm/amd/display: fix NULL dereference

On 2023-11-14 23:01, Hamza Mahfooz wrote:
> On 11/14/23 10:27, José Pekkarinen wrote:
>> The following patch will fix a minor issue where a debug message is
>> referencing an struct that has just being checked whether is null or
>> not. This has been noticed by using coccinelle, in the following 
>> output:
>> 
>> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_helpers.c:540:25-29: 
>> ERROR: aconnector is NULL but dereferenced.
>> 
>> Fixes: 5d72e247e58c9 ("drm/amd/display: switch DC over to the new DRM 
>> logging macros")
> 
> You only need the first 12 characters of the hash here. I have fixed it
> for you and applied the patch in this case. But, in the future please
> test your patches against `./scripts/checkpatch.pl` before submitting
> them.

     Oops! Sorry I didn't notice! Thanks!

     José.