linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix dereferencing freed memory 'fw'

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Message-ID: <ZvEoVC_j6jdBhvim@kuha.fi.intel.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 11:35:32 +0300
From: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
To: Dipendra Khadka <kdipendra88@...il.com>
Cc: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix  dereferencing freed memory 'fw'

On Sun, Sep 22, 2024 at 10:52:11AM +0000, Dipendra Khadka wrote:
> smatch reported dereferencing freed memory as below:
> '''
> drivers/usb/typec/tipd/core.c:1196 tps6598x_apply_patch() error: dereferencing freed memory 'fw'
> '''

This is only my opinion, but I don't like those '''single triple
quotes''' in commit messages - they are just confusing. You don't need
to use any kind of quotation marks in cases like this IMO.

thanks,

-- 
heikki