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* Re: [linux-usb-devel] drivers/usb/gadget/ether.c: NULL dereference
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@ 2006-11-12 12:23       ` Adrian Bunk
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From: Adrian Bunk @ 2006-11-12 12:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David Brownell; +Cc: linux-usb-devel, greg, linux-kernel, davem, netdev

On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 11:10:17PM -0800, David Brownell wrote:
> 
> > 
> > void dev_kfree_skb_any(struct sk_buff *skb)
> > {
> >         if (in_irq() || irqs_disabled())
> >                 dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
> >         else
> >                 dev_kfree_skb(skb);
> > }
> > 
> > 
> > And the first thing dev_kfree_skb_irq() does is to dereference skb...
> 
> Yet dev_kfree_skb() --> kfree_skb() starts with the standard idiom
> 
> 	if (unlikely(!skb))
> 		return
> 
> Seems to me that the finger of blame is more appropriately pointed
> at either dev_kfree_skb_any() or dev_kfree_skb_irq() ...
>...

Adding the net maintainers to the Cc:
Is there any reason why dev_kfree_skb_irq() has no NULL check for "skb"?

cu
Adrian

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