Re: [RFC PATCHv2 1/1] usb: f_rndis: Avoid to use ERROR macro if cdevcan be null

From: Felipe Balbi
Date: Wed Mar 20 2013 - 08:51:55 EST


On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 02:22:56PM +0100, Michal Nazarewicz wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 19 2013, oskar.andero@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > The udc_irq service runs the isr_tr_complete_handler which in turn
> > "nukes" the endpoints, including a call to rndis_response_complete,
> > if appropriate. If the rndis_msg_parser fails here, an error will
> > be printed using a dev_err call (through the ERROR() macro).
> >
> > However, if the usb cable was just disconnected the device (cdev)
> > might not be available and will be null. Since the dev_err macro will
> > dereference the cdev pointer we get a null pointer exception.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Radovan Lekanovic <radovan.lekanovic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Truls Bengtsson <truls.bengtsson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Oskar Andero <oskar.andero@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I think this is the best solution. Adding if statements around it would
> just add noise.

alright, please re-send without RFC tag and with Michal's acked-by so I
can apply.

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balbi

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