netdev - Re: [PATCH] netlink: add NULL check for get

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Message-ID: <aa6f1788-9e1c-47f2-860c-3527187bcce2@lunn.ch>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 22:10:52 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Anton Moryakov <ant.v.moryakov@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netlink: add NULL check for get_string() in features.c

On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 11:01:28PM +0300, Anton Moryakov wrote:
> Report of the static analyzer:
> Return value of a function 'get_string' is dereferenced at features.c:279
> without checking for NULL, but it is usually checked for this function (6/7).

It is a good idea to include the Maintainer in To: otherwise the patch
might get lost.

	Andrew