netdev - Re: [PATCH] net_sched: drr: check for NULL pointer in drr

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Date:	Thu, 28 Jan 2016 17:04:19 +0300
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	Bernie Harris <bernie.harris@...iedtelesis.co.nz>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, jhs@...atatu.com, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net_sched: drr: check for NULL pointer in drr_dequeue

Hello.

On 1/28/2016 6:30 AM, Bernie Harris wrote:

> There are cases where qdisc_dequeue_peeked can return NULL, and the result
> is dereferenced later on in the function.
>
> Similarly to the other qdisc dequeue functions, check whether the skb
> pointer is NULL and if it is, goto out.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bernie Harris <bernie.harris@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
> ---
>   net/sched/sch_drr.c | 2 ++
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/net/sched/sch_drr.c b/net/sched/sch_drr.c
> index f26bdea..a1cd778 100644
> --- a/net/sched/sch_drr.c
> +++ b/net/sched/sch_drr.c
> @@ -403,6 +403,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *drr_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch)
>   		if (len <= cl->deficit) {
>   			cl->deficit -= len;
>   			skb = qdisc_dequeue_peeked(cl->qdisc);
> +			if (unlikely(skb == NULL))

    !skb is preferred in the networking code. I think scripts/checkpatch.pl 
should've warned you.

[...]

MBR, Sergei