linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] usb: typec: ucsi: Fix null deref in trace

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Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 15:03:43 +0300
From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
To: Jameson Thies <jthies@...gle.com>
Cc: heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	pmalani@...omium.org, bleung@...gle.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] usb: typec: ucsi: Fix null deref in trace

It looks like in v3 you changed this to:

-       return NULL;
+       return typec_port_register_altmode(con->port, desc);

Which is fine.  Returning a special error pointer which means success is
the part that I objected to.

regards,
dan carpenter