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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:47:57 +0800
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Yuesong Li <liyuesong@vivo.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] driver:staging:vme:Remove NULL check of list_entry()
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On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 10:57:36AM +0800, Yuesong Li wrote:
> list_entry() will never return a NULL pointer, thus remove the
> check.

Oh, nice catch!  I bet there are lots of other places this happens in
the tree as well.