netdev - Re: [PATCH] p54: add null pointer check before releasing socket buffer

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Date:   Mon, 10 Apr 2017 07:03:37 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     mhjungk@...il.com
Cc:     chunkeey@...glemail.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] p54: add null pointer check before releasing socket
 buffer

From: Myungho Jung <mhjungk@...il.com>
Date: Sun,  9 Apr 2017 22:23:20 -0700

> Kernel panic is caused by trying to dereference null pointer. Check if
> the pointer is null before freeing space.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Myungho Jung <mhjungk@...il.com>

Your tests are backwards, you therefore did not test your change.
In fact, your change is adding a memory leak.

It also calls into question whether there is a problem in the
first place.  What "panic" or crash did you actually see?