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Message-Id: <20140407.155246.1115800673081965447.davem@davemloft.net>
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 15:52:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To: vfalico@...hat.com
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, dborkman@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
stephen@...workplumber.org, hkchu@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] netdev: remove potentially harmful checks
From: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...hat.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 11:25:12 +0200
> Currently we're checking a variable for != NULL after actually
> dereferencing it, in netdev_lower_get_next_private*().
>
> It's counter-intuitive at best, and can lead to faulty usage (as it implies
> that the variable can be NULL), so fix it by removing the useless checks.
>
> Reported-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
> CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> CC: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> CC: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
> CC: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
> CC: stephen hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
> CC: Jerry Chu <hkchu@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...hat.com>
Applied, thanks.
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