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Message-ID: <ZFIOOp1j2O5g6V0+@nanopsycho> Date: Wed, 3 May 2023 09:33:14 +0200 From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> To: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@....com> Cc: kuba@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, drivers@...sando.io Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net] ionic: catch failure from devlink_alloc Tue, May 02, 2023 at 08:35:36PM CEST, shannon.nelson@....com wrote: >Add a check for NULL on the alloc return. If devlink_alloc() fails and >we try to use devlink_priv() on the NULL return, the kernel gets very >unhappy and panics. With this fix, the driver load will still fail, >but at least it won't panic the kernel. > >Fixes: df69ba43217d ("ionic: Add basic framework for IONIC Network device driver") >Signed-off-by: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@....com> Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
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