netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/5] driver core: Add simple parameter checks for APIs device_(for_each|find)

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Message-ID: <2024081328-blanching-deduce-5cee@gregkh>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 11:44:01 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Zijun Hu <zijun_hu@...oud.com>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
	Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@...wei.com>,
	Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
	Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@...el.com>,
	Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
	Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@...amocchi.jp>,
	Timur Tabi <timur@...nel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org,
	linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Zijun Hu <quic_zijuhu@...cinc.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] driver core: Add simple parameter checks for APIs
 device_(for_each|find)_child()

On Sun, Aug 11, 2024 at 08:18:07AM +0800, Zijun Hu wrote:
> From: Zijun Hu <quic_zijuhu@...cinc.com>
> 
> Add simple parameter checks for APIs device_(for_each|find)_child() and
> device_for_each_child_reverse().

Ok, but why?  Who is calling this with NULL as a parent pointer?

Remember, changelog text describes _why_ not just _what_ you are doing.

thanks,

greg k-h