netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: don't assign an error value to tag

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Date:   Tue, 23 Mar 2021 00:30:09 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     George McCollister <george.mccollister@...il.com>
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, vivien.didelot@...il.com, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        olteanv@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: don't assign an error value to tag_ops

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (refs/heads/master):

On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 15:26:50 -0500 you wrote:
> Use a temporary variable to hold the return value from
> dsa_tag_driver_get() instead of assigning it to dst->tag_ops. Leaving
> an error value in dst->tag_ops can result in deferencing an invalid
> pointer when a deferred switch configuration happens later.
> 
> Fixes: 357f203bb3b5 ("net: dsa: keep a copy of the tagging protocol in the DSA switch tree")
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] net: dsa: don't assign an error value to tag_ops
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/e0c755a45f6f

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