Re: [PATCH] driver core: faux: Move a variable assignment behind a condition check in faux_device_destroy()
Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:09:34 +0200
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On Sun, Jul 12, 2026 at 03:56:09PM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote: > From: Markus Elfring <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:45:19 +0200 > > The address of a data structure member was determined before > a corresponding null pointer check in the implementation of > the function “faux_device_destroy”. > > Thus avoid the risk for undefined behaviour by moving the assignment > for the variable “dev” behind a condition check. There is no such "undefined behavior" here, sorry, please fix your tools.