linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] usb: typec: altmodes/displayport: add null pointer check for sysfs nodes

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Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 14:54:44 -0800
From: RD Babiera <rdbabiera@...gle.com>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com, badhri@...gle.com, 
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] usb: typec: altmodes/displayport: add null pointer
 check for sysfs nodes

Sorry for the delay,

On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 3:08 PM Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> Why not populate the sysfs nodes after the assigment happens? That's
> the normal way to do this, otherwise your change looks odd because:

That works a lot better. I must've psyched myself out of touching the
current probe sequence and ended up overcomplicating it, sorry about that.

Thanks for the guidance,
RD