Re: driver core: faux: Move a variable assignment behind a condition check in faux_device_destroy()

Markus Elfring <[email protected]> Sun, 12 Jul 2026 18:54:13 +0200

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>> Please take another look at related information sources.
>>
>> EXP34-C: Do not dereference null pointers
>> https://cmu-sei.github.io/secure-coding-standards/sei-cert-c-coding-standard/rules/expressions-exp/exp34-c/
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>>
>> See also:
>> https://lore.kernel.org/kernel-janitors/[email protected]/
>> https://lkml.org/lkml/2026/7/2/2241
> 
> Please see the places in the past where I have rejected this very patch.
> Nothing has changed since then.
Can involved special development views be resolved better by applying scope-based resource management
for the affected function implementation?

Regards,
Markus