netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] netlink: make getters tolerate NULL nla arg

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Date:   Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:26:40 +0100
From:   Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
To:     Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Cc:     Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] netlink: make getters tolerate NULL nla arg

Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de> writes:

> Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com> wrote:
>> And that the crashes at least shine a light on
>> them forcing people to consider whether that is indeed the case?
>>
>> (IDK if that's actually the case, I'm asking :))
>
> All I was saying is that if the getters were more tolerant a few crash
> bugs could have been avoided.

Sure, and all I'm saying is that that is fine, as long as it doesn't
just turn an obvious crash into a not-so-obvious behavioural bug :)

-Toke