Re: [PATCH] Staging: net/ethernet/broadcom: Add error pointer check in bcmsysport.c

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Sun Sep 22 2024 - 16:09:21 EST


On Sun, Sep 22, 2024 at 06:17:37PM +0000, Dipendra Khadka wrote:
> Smatch reported following:
> '''
> drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c:2343 bcm_sysport_map_queues() error: 'dp' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()
> drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c:2395 bcm_sysport_unmap_queues() error: 'dp' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()
> '''
>
> Adding error pointer check before dereferencing 'dp'.

This driver is not in staging, so your subject is wrong.

Please take a look at:

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-netdev.html

Andrew

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