Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] can: etas_es58x: fix error handling

From: Johan Hovold <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2021 09:16:54 +0100

On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 11:15:07AM +0300, Pavel Skripkin wrote:
> On 11/15/21 11:11, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > Just a drive-by comment:
> > 
> > Are you sure about this move of the netdev[channel_idx] initialisation?
> > What happens if the registered can device is opened before you
> > initialise the pointer? NULL-deref in es58x_send_msg()?
> > 
> > You generally want the driver data fully initialised before you register
> > the device so this looks broken.
> > 
> > And either way it is arguably an unrelated change that should go in a
> > separate patch explaining why it is needed and safe.
> > 
> 
> 
> It was suggested by Vincent who is the maintainer of this driver [1].

Yeah, I saw that, but that doesn't necessarily mean it is correct.

You're still responsible for the changes you make and need to be able to
argue why they are correct.

Johan