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

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Message-ID: <20200117103957.GV795@breakpoint.cc>
Date:   Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:39:57 +0100
From:   Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To:     Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
Cc:     Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] netlink: make getters tolerate NULL nla arg

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.