linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] ssb: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in ssb_device

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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 05:50:49 +0100
From: Michael Büsch <m@...s.ch>
To: James Dutton <james.dutton@...il.com>
Cc: Rand Deeb <rand.sec96@...il.com>, deeb.rand@...fident.ru,
 jonas.gorski@...il.com, khoroshilov@...ras.ru, kvalo@...nel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
 lvc-project@...uxtesting.org, voskresenski.stanislav@...fident.ru
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] ssb: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in
 ssb_device_uevent

On Thu, 7 Mar 2024 22:02:29 +0000
James Dutton <james.dutton@...il.com> wrote:

> If one does a NULL check after it has been previously dereferenced,
> the compiler will totally remove the NULL check anyway,

I think the kernel uses -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks.

But anyway, this doesn't invalidate the point of having a NULL check.
The intent of the code was very clear.
So don't remove it.

-- 
Michael Büsch
https://bues.ch/

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