linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] misc: uacce - add the null check for the input pointer and its pointer members

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Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 07:34:50 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Chenghai Huang <huangchenghai2@...wei.com>
Cc: zhangfei.gao@...aro.org, wangzhou1@...ilicon.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	fanghao11@...wei.com, shenyang39@...wei.com, liulongfang@...wei.com,
	qianweili@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] misc: uacce - add the null check for the input pointer
 and its pointer members

On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 02:26:55PM +0800, Chenghai Huang wrote:
> The uacce_alloc() is the member of the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL. Therefore, null
> pointer verification is added on the pointer type input parameter and its
> pointer members.

I do not understand, why does the export type matter?  Just fix any
callers to use this properly and send proper parameters.  What in-tree
caller needs this?

thanks,

greg k-h