netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net] ionic: catch failure from devlink

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Message-Id: 
 <168310202112.22454.11412734390478086148.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 03 May 2023 08:20:21 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
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

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Tue, 2 May 2023 11:35:36 -0700 you 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>
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [v2,net] ionic: catch failure from devlink_alloc
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/4a54903ff68d

You are awesome, thank you!
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