linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/msm: Fix dereference of pointer minor before null check

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Message-ID: <20574d0a-0a8e-4b54-afe3-8a0744df9d09@web.de>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 18:30:10 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
 freedreno@...ts.freedesktop.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, Abhinav Kumar <abhinav.kumar@...ux.dev>,
 David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>, Dmitry Baryshkov <lumag@...nel.org>,
 Jessica Zhang <jessica.zhang@....qualcomm.com>,
 Marijn Suijten <marijn.suijten@...ainline.org>,
 Rob Clark <robin.clark@....qualcomm.com>, Sean Paul <sean@...rly.run>,
 Simona Vetter <simona@...ll.ch>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/msm: Fix dereference of pointer minor before null
 check

…
> by dereferencing the pointer only after it has been null checked. Also
> Replace minor->dev with dev.

I suggest to separate desirable changes into another patch series.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.16#n81

Regards,
Markus