linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clkdev: fix potential NULL pointer dereference

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Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 10:34:42 +0100
From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>
Cc: linux-clk@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clkdev: fix potential NULL pointer dereference

On Tue, May 07, 2024 at 08:44:34AM +0200, Marek Szyprowski wrote:
> dev_fmt argument is optional, so avoid dereferencing it unconditionally.
> 
> Fixes: 4d11c62ca8d7 ("clkdev: report over-sized strings when creating clkdev entries")
> Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>

Please put this in the patch system so it can be merged along with the
change that created the problem. Thanks.

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