Re: [CHECKER] 120 potential dereference to invalid pointers errors for linux 2.4.1

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> > [BUG] fore200e_kmalloc can return NULL
> > /u2/acc/oses/linux/2.4.1/drivers/atm/fore200e.c:2032:fore200e_get_esi: ERROR:NULL:2020:2032: Using unknown ptr "prom" illegally! set by 'fore200e_kmalloc':2020
>
> I don't see the bug - there is an explicit "if(!prom) return -ENOMEM;" after
> the allocation. It looks fine to me.

We checked 2.4.1; it appears that by 2.4.2 someone had already fixed it :)

-Andy
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