Re: [PATCH net] net: phy: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference issues caused by phy_attached_info_irq

[Andrew Lunn]

> > Here, i would just skip the print and continue with the reset of the
> > function. The print is just useful information, its not a big problem
> > if its not printed. However, if this function does not complete, the
> > network interface is likely to be dead.
> Thanks for the reminder.
> The second part doesn't look so perfect, can we just print an empty string
> when the irq_str is empty?
> 
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
> @@ -1886,7 +1886,7 @@ static int phylink_bringup_phy(struct phylink *pl,
> struct phy_device *phy,
>         irq_str = phy_attached_info_irq(phy);
>         phylink_info(pl,
>                      "PHY [%s] driver [%s] (irq=%s)\n",
> -                    dev_name(&phy->mdio.dev), phy->drv->name, irq_str);
> +                    dev_name(&phy->mdio.dev), phy->drv->name, irq_str ?
> irq_str : "");
>         kfree(irq_str);

That is O.K, or skip the whole phylink_info().

     Andrew