netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] NET: ipv6, fix potential null dereference

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Message-ID: <4B49AE41.5000206@gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:38:57 +0100
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] NET: ipv6, fix potential null dereference

On 01/10/2010 11:35 AM, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
>> Stanse found a potential null dereference
> 
> Nobody learns from Coverity, it seems. :^)

If it is known, why the test is still there?

I don't have access to the Coverity results anyway.

> snmp6_unregister_dev() always called with valid idev.

Ok, I'll post a patch to remove the check.

thanks,
-- 
js
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