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Message-ID: <7a98b159-f9bf-c0dd-f244-aec6c9a7dcaa@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2021 11:15:07 +0300
From: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@...il.com>
To: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc: mailhol.vincent@...adoo.fr, wg@...ndegger.com, mkl@...gutronix.de,
davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, linux-can@...r.kernel.org,
netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] can: etas_es58x: fix error handling
On 11/15/21 11:11, Johan Hovold wrote:
> Just a drive-by comment:
>
> Are you sure about this move of the netdev[channel_idx] initialisation?
> What happens if the registered can device is opened before you
> initialise the pointer? NULL-deref in es58x_send_msg()?
>
> You generally want the driver data fully initialised before you register
> the device so this looks broken.
>
> And either way it is arguably an unrelated change that should go in a
> separate patch explaining why it is needed and safe.
>
It was suggested by Vincent who is the maintainer of this driver [1].
[1]
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-can/CAMZ6Rq+orfUuUCCgeWyGc7P0vp3t-yjf_g9H=Jhk43f1zXGfDQ@mail.gmail.com/
With regards,
Pavel Skripkin
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