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From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: Daniil Dulov <d.dulov@aladdin.ru>
Cc: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@grandegger.com>,
	Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	Kurt Van Dijck <dev.kurt@vandijck-laurijssen.be>,
	linux-can@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, lvc-project@linuxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] can: softing: remove redundant NULL check
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 17:27:01 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240216172701.GP40273@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240211150535.3529-1-d.dulov@aladdin.ru>

On Sun, Feb 11, 2024 at 07:05:35AM -0800, Daniil Dulov wrote:
> In this case dev cannot be NULL, so remove redundant check.
> 
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
> 
> Fixes: 03fd3cf5a179 ("can: add driver for Softing card")
> Signed-off-by: Daniil Dulov <d.dulov@aladdin.ru>

Hi Daniil,

I am not sure that dev cannot be NULL.
But I do see that the code assumes it is not, and would crash if it is.
So I think that, functionally, your statement is correct.

	priv = netdev_priv(dev);
	card = priv->card;

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>

  reply	other threads:[~2024-02-16 17:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-02-11 15:05 [PATCH] can: softing: remove redundant NULL check Daniil Dulov
2024-02-16 17:27 ` Simon Horman [this message]
2024-02-16 19:47   ` Oliver Hartkopp
2024-02-19 17:00     ` Simon Horman
2024-02-19 20:37       ` Oliver Hartkopp
2024-02-20 13:40         ` Simon Horman

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