linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] packet: Improve exception handling in fanout

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Message-ID: <20240102083051.26f3aa80@hermes.local>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2024 08:30:51 -0800
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, "David S.
 Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub
 Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Willem de
 Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>, LKML
 <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] packet: Improve exception handling in fanout_add()

On Sun, 31 Dec 2023 16:39:02 +0100
Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de> wrote:

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2023 16:30:51 +0100
> 
> The kfree() function was called in some cases by the fanout_add() function
> even if the passed variable contained a null pointer.
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> Thus use another label.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---

Since you are seem to not listen to feedback from others,
I hope this patch is just ignored.