netdev - Re: [PATCH] ath11k: Correctly check errors for calls to debugfs_create

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Message-Id: <20201001193027.0F73EC433CB@smtp.codeaurora.org>
Date:   Thu,  1 Oct 2020 19:30:27 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@...il.com>
Cc:     unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
        Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, ath11k@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath11k: Correctly check errors for calls to
 debugfs_create_dir()

Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@...il.com> wrote:

> debugfs_create_dir() returns an ERR_PTR in case of error, but never a
> null pointer. There are a number of places where error-checking code can
> accordingly be simplified.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: CID 1497150: Memory - illegal accesses (USE_AFTER_FREE)
> Addresses-Coverity: CID 1497158: Memory - illegal accesses (USE_AFTER_FREE)
> Addresses-Coverity: CID 1497160: Memory - illegal accesses (USE_AFTER_FREE)
> Signed-off-by: Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

476c1d3c2e61 ath11k: Correctly check errors for calls to debugfs_create_dir()

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11802131/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches