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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>
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Subject: Re: driver core: faux: Move a variable assignment behind a condition
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On Sun, Jul 12, 2026 at 06:54:13PM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote:
> …
> >> 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/
> >>
> >>
> >> See also:
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/kernel-janitors/d7a8e34b-e490-47fc-b892-886e1c799c4f@web.de/
> >> 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?

*plonk*