Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 net-next 3/8] net: dsa: ocelot: felix: NULL check on variable

From: Colin Foster <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2021 09:47:17 -0700

On Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 11:06:28PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 12:25:57PM -0700, Colin Foster wrote:
> > Add NULL check before dereferencing array
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Colin Foster <[email-masked]>
> > ---
> 
> The patch is correct but is insufficiently documented. In particular,
> people might interpret it as a bug fix and backport it to stable
> kernels.

That makes sense. I'll clarify that it is only something that'll affect
future drivers and not a bug fix.