Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934647AbcCJBSq (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Mar 2016 20:18:46 -0500 Received: from outbound.smtp.vt.edu ([198.82.183.121]:49521 "EHLO omr1.cc.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754349AbcCJBSo (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Mar 2016 20:18:44 -0500 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.8.0 04/21/2012 with nmh-1.6+dev To: =?UTF-8?B?RMSBdmlzIE1vc8SBbnM=?= Cc: Nicholas Krause , James Bottomley , Johannes Thumshirn , luisbg@osg.samsung.com, Wilfried.Weissmann@gmx.at, "linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH] mvsas:Fix possible NULL pointer deference in mvs_dev_found_notify From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu In-Reply-To: References: <1457531917-568-1-git-send-email-xerofoify@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1457572705_2448P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2016 20:18:25 -0500 Message-ID: <111532.1457572705@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1479 Lines: 36 --==_Exmh_1457572705_2448P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Wed, 09 Mar 2016 22:33:47 +0200, Dāvis Mosāns said: > About whether mvs_find_dev_mvi can return NULL it looks like it's possible, > but I'm not sure if it practically happens. I guess it did hence patch. Or the "bug" was found by incorrect code inspection. Nick has a history of submitting patches that are for either non-existent problems or don't deal with with the issue correctly - bad enough that he's not allowed to post to the linux-kernel list. --==_Exmh_1457572705_2448P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iQIVAwUBVuDLYQdmEQWDXROgAQIieQ/9EPKrSmD/xL/Ffx+TKuLQQ3mU6uH8SE5C BSZxoXoumz6PjrkV9ph4uPe6lSC9JqM7ptF6rRvKxbicDtCpxnhACFYp12meVPjG VuKEV3JKOBUfDLj7ZuukY9nNBSS+l1x4wO+GctYNAcRbCSs3AaxZ9xfdiB0hZYz9 dxNDZXipHYc62qmlFm1Pc/6rdOpS03jUSAYDhrBu9QRHjiszv1jp4sFXKkstCbBw daDlQs4TP7inLyQAANY6Sc4HR9k/FozcQXK99CaSEBecBNq48MULGAy9DF977hp0 y23Jd/xQPReD5D885l088baiI3QTeMwt4UP7PlT7bM3SBQiy9n6ufAUJSYS+SHyO hZ6qGV+6VRpKlEg2kQcRIo2n9fmcjShnwgiZziYTSmZPXCkMapaEj4GNW97DkKlC lIATQ3J+5ZBwmA0S9KL6qmjs8kBjknfrXl4VFcAR1jKlPN7mTbx8IcPNO2LDmSGC TmrRq1i6bpDzYdsRomDlL5Ek+TI0384k12cJFq8BboYqQ+WJ4sMQIOGFo96EfMZA 0mgCd9gnsXc4v/tDHd5pkOEtQoKynPKlTKgLQR/XxclgvKmMhyesum2p5h/An2Ac 9aIOBJXkRFdBH1pcYQVjlGMa7LxBXLptNcFyR170SyKaSrqJLm+me7BG3hjUfDlY Ou0+rvCyWKM= =1rf5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1457572705_2448P--