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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Tanmay <007047221b@gmail.com>
Cc: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>,
	linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] media: staging: media: omap4iss: Fix null dereference for iss
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 08:14:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y60+cx0Q+kdcfcWp@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKKF0qA8oB7ZkkQ5-bj=66sP+WmjL6gUDV5EMTBM3SSW5_+qXA@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 11:19:54PM +0100, Tanmay wrote:
> Hi Laurent,
> 
> Thank you. I will take care of the wrapped lines. I haven't personally seen
> it return Null so yes
> in the best scenario it is a speculation but in the worst scenario it
> shouldn't hurt.

We do not add checks for when things are "impossible" to hit, otherwise
the kernel would be full of unneeded and useless checks everywhere.
Only test for things that can actually happen please.

thanks,

greg k-h

      parent reply	other threads:[~2022-12-29  7:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-12-28 20:58 [PATCH] media: staging: media: omap4iss: Fix null dereference for iss Tanmay Bhushan
2022-12-28 21:27 ` Laurent Pinchart
     [not found]   ` <CAKKF0qA8oB7ZkkQ5-bj=66sP+WmjL6gUDV5EMTBM3SSW5_+qXA@mail.gmail.com>
2022-12-29  7:14     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]

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