Re: [PATCH] ath11k: Correctly check errors for calls to debugfs_create_dir()
From: Kalle Valo
Date: Thu Oct 01 2020 - 15:30:30 EST
Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> debugfs_create_dir() returns an ERR_PTR in case of error, but never a
> null pointer. There are a number of places where error-checking code can
> accordingly be simplified.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: CID 1497150: Memory - illegal accesses (USE_AFTER_FREE)
> Addresses-Coverity: CID 1497158: Memory - illegal accesses (USE_AFTER_FREE)
> Addresses-Coverity: CID 1497160: Memory - illegal accesses (USE_AFTER_FREE)
> Signed-off-by: Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.
476c1d3c2e61 ath11k: Correctly check errors for calls to debugfs_create_dir()
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