Re: [RESEND] qed: Move a variable assignment behind a null pointer check in two functions
From: Kory Maincent
Date: Mon Mar 03 2025 - 12:51:52 EST
On Mon, 3 Mar 2025 11:28:29 +0300
Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 03, 2025 at 09:22:58AM +0100, Markus Elfring wrote:
> > > The assignment:
> > >
> > > p_rx = &p_ll2_conn->rx_queue;
> > >
> > > does not dereference "p_ll2_conn". It just does pointer math. So the
> > > original code works fine.
> >
> > Is there a need to clarify affected implementation details any more?
> > https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/EXP34-C.+Do+not+dereference+null+pointers
> >
>
> This is not a NULL dereference. It's just pointer math.
>
> regards,
> dan carpenter
Feel free to ignore Markus, he has a long history of sending unhelpful reviews,
comments or patches and continues to ignore repeated requests to stop. He is
already on the ignore lists of several maintainers.
There is a lot of chance that he is a bot.
Regards,
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