netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net] net: hso: check for allocation failure in hso_create_bulk_serial

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Message-Id: <162128520990.2358.2101615152759777465.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 17 May 2021 21:00:09 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net] net: hso: check for allocation failure in
 hso_create_bulk_serial_device()

Hello:

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

On Fri, 14 May 2021 17:24:48 +0300 you wrote:
> In current kernels, small allocations never actually fail so this
> patch shouldn't affect runtime.
> 
> Originally this error handling code written with the idea that if
> the "serial->tiocmget" allocation failed, then we would continue
> operating instead of bailing out early.  But in later years we added
> an unchecked dereference on the next line.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [v2,net] net: hso: check for allocation failure in hso_create_bulk_serial_device()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/31db0dbd7244

You are awesome, thank you!
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