Re: driver core: faux: Move a variable assignment behind a condition check in faux_device_destroy()
From: Markus Elfring
Date: Sun Jul 12 2026 - 12:55:01 EST
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>> Please take another look at related information sources.
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>> EXP34-C: Do not dereference null pointers
>> https://cmu-sei.github.io/secure-coding-standards/sei-cert-c-coding-standard/rules/expressions-exp/exp34-c/
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>> See also:
>> https://lore.kernel.org/kernel-janitors/d7a8e34b-e490-47fc-b892-886e1c799c4f@xxxxxx/
>> https://lkml.org/lkml/2026/7/2/2241
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> Please see the places in the past where I have rejected this very patch.
> Nothing has changed since then.
Can involved special development views be resolved better by applying scope-based resource management
for the affected function implementation?
Regards,
Markus