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From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
To: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@amd.com>
Cc: kuba@kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	drivers@pensando.io
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net] ionic: catch failure from devlink_alloc
Date: Wed, 03 May 2023 08:20:21 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <168310202112.22454.11412734390478086148.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230502183536.22256-1-shannon.nelson@amd.com>

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>:

On Tue, 2 May 2023 11:35:36 -0700 you wrote:
> Add a check for NULL on the alloc return.  If devlink_alloc() fails and
> we try to use devlink_priv() on the NULL return, the kernel gets very
> unhappy and panics. With this fix, the driver load will still fail,
> but at least it won't panic the kernel.
> 
> Fixes: df69ba43217d ("ionic: Add basic framework for IONIC Network device driver")
> Signed-off-by: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@amd.com>
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [v2,net] ionic: catch failure from devlink_alloc
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/4a54903ff68d

You are awesome, thank you!
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      parent reply	other threads:[~2023-05-03  8:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-05-02 18:35 [PATCH v2 net] ionic: catch failure from devlink_alloc Shannon Nelson
2023-05-02 20:00 ` Simon Horman
2023-05-03  7:33 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-05-03  8:20 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf [this message]

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