Re: [patch] bnx2x: NULL dereference on error in debug code

From: David Miller
Date: Tue Jan 08 2013 - 17:30:47 EST


From: "Ariel Elior" <ariele@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 14:50:50 +0000

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: netdev-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:netdev-
>> owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Carpenter
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 3:42 PM
>> To: Eilon Greenstein
>> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kernel-
>> janitors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [patch] bnx2x: NULL dereference on error in debug code
>>
>> "vfop" is NULL here. I've changed the debugging to not use it.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> Only needed in linux-next.
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.c
>> b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.c
>> index 71fcef0..3eef972 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.c
>> @@ -463,8 +463,7 @@ static int bnx2x_vfop_qdtor_cmd(struct bnx2x *bp,
>> return bnx2x_vfop_transition(bp, vf, bnx2x_vfop_qdtor,
>> cmd->block);
>> }
>> - DP(BNX2X_MSG_IOV, "VF[%d] failed to add a vfop. rc %d\n",
>> - vf->abs_vfid, vfop->rc);
>> + DP(BNX2X_MSG_IOV, "VF[%d] failed to add a vfop.\n", vf->abs_vfid);
>> return -ENOMEM;
>> }
>>
> Right you are. Ack.

This is not the correct way to ack a patch, this is:

Acked-by: Ariel Elior <ariele@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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