Received: by 2002:a25:1985:0:0:0:0:0 with SMTP id 127csp3900087ybz; Mon, 4 May 2020 11:46:55 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: APiQypIIfal/NqYgTSLyHDU15kPDtJNJFBflpwb4xEgBLMWgCxsIDNem/f56mnj+Stf2ZYORd7At X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:d10b:: with SMTP id b11mr4861497ejz.62.1588618015106; Mon, 04 May 2020 11:46:55 -0700 (PDT) ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1588618015; cv=none; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; b=MtWcgOA1v9ghAwFHGfPhaFSJKZM91QB3848dnnB+8lfOEuig1ShsmcpMr0i9CqzGAE 95sbjFVnfWfwHYp8d7udT17GJ4LK0xyMCktnc+Qt1QNU4qynCVjb8kAtW6IuV/jrIGE3 z+uRt0u5WCpfzhn3Wj5eWLo9hXnRJLRqVMd0s9O3Wx5wsTGhQlWamUDeIvJS3tjRKpaf jykPCVcd/QkvIq6oz80HOYXo8Cz/hsWA45BCnB3s3awJ83A4Bp5awWJL8goB3bVygz+Y Fhjt3wlHKJ1RYe7jU39b6TBLeyJdlOWeB2Y7H3TA54N+2SA2MWXkz0yBWBiygMN1Aozb soHg== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; h=list-id:precedence:sender:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version :references:in-reply-to:from:subject:cc:to:message-id:date; bh=LX910hUJjDWh7JDBujXJ30VT4EN+e3gZuem6b/S9ipE=; b=UwjoiTo9uOGEcvyp7yV0w5eOLjB9xCN/+IQmSxpShnrV9eSo9fRCZePOzBuuC7SfZf HSPl1/R3WrOsoWuVVPs3993XiYDmHhGaEdutZhbbAS6Yj8oOnvNJa3ShBGA3G6eZfLIw Vt9rjYu1x6ysv9F+g0dTnVIpS2fp4pBi/pRLoyM4Pqehosdr6fySrVEotoPysYaZXy5s gDlFOgieo4eFOz88IsnVdeNWnk2uNwmXR+zrb4beyBS/l8SmoJkq0JQ35jFVf20paBJS sLNm7BfxyLhYyyMoqUMMLIrNe7xtM102eFjCP82XAjB4HLSD21zdrZzqdFo7JMq4qDAb TUcA== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Return-Path: Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org. [23.128.96.18]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id z10si7053106ede.211.2020.05.04.11.46.31; Mon, 04 May 2020 11:46:55 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) client-ip=23.128.96.18; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730359AbgEDReL (ORCPT + 99 others); Mon, 4 May 2020 13:34:11 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:52826 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729549AbgEDReK (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 May 2020 13:34:10 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net (shards.monkeyblade.net [IPv6:2620:137:e000::1:9]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 922B2C061A0E; Mon, 4 May 2020 10:34:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:601:9f00:477::3d5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: davem-davemloft) by shards.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E8138148FE64F; Mon, 4 May 2020 10:34:09 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 04 May 2020 10:34:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20200504.103409.787413834519966204.davem@davemloft.net> To: mmrmaximuzz@gmail.com Cc: peppe.cavallaro@st.com, alexandre.torgue@st.com, joabreu@synopsys.com, mcoquelin.stm32@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] stmmac: fix pointer check after utilization in stmmac_interrupt From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20200504062639.GA11585@maxim-hplinux> References: <20200504062639.GA11585@maxim-hplinux> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.8 on Emacs 26.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Mon, 04 May 2020 10:34:10 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Maxim Petrov Date: Mon, 4 May 2020 09:26:43 +0300 > The paranoidal pointer check in IRQ handler looks very strange - it > really protects us only against bogus drivers which request IRQ line > with null pointer dev_id. However, the code fragment is incorrect > because the dev pointer is used before the actual check which leads > to undefined behavior. Remove the check to avoid confusing people > with incorrect code. > > Signed-off-by: Maxim Petrov Applied, thanks.