Re: [PATCH net] net: rnpgbe: Pass an expression directly in rnpgbe_rm_adapter()
Vadim Fedorenko <[email protected]> Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:19:51 +0100
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.kernel-janitors,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.netdev |
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On 12/07/2026 19:35, Markus Elfring wrote: > From: Markus Elfring <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 20:25:10 +0200 > > The address of a data structure member was determined before > a corresponding null pointer check in the implementation of > the function “rnpgbe_rm_adapter”. The null check in rnpgbe_rm_adapter() looks more like defensive programming, which got into the code unnoticed. pdev will not exist if netdev is not allocated, where mucse is netdev private data.