>> For the check "(p && p->exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_PAL_CALL", if p is NULL, the reference about "p->exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_PAL_CALL" won't be checked any more, so no issue here.
>> > p = kvm_get_exit_data(vcpu);
>> > - if (p && p->exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_PAL_CALL) {
>> > + if (!p)
>> > + return;
>> > + if (p->exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_PAL_CALL) {
>> > p->u.pal_data.ret = result;
>> > - return ;
>> > + return;
>> > }
>> > INIT_PAL_STATUS_UNIMPLEMENTED(p->u.pal_data.ret);
>
> IMHO it's not the test but the INIT_PAL_STATUS_UNIMPLEMENTED() that does
> the unwanted dereferencing, and that's fixed by the patch.
>
> Gabor
Correct. Thanks,
Roel
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