On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 11:59:10PM +0200, Jakob Koschel wrote: > When list_for_each_entry() completes the iteration over the whole list > without breaking the loop, the iterator value will be a bogus pointer > computed based on the head element. > > While it is safe to use the pointer to determine if it was computed > based on the head element, either with list_entry_is_head() or > &pos->member == head, using the iterator variable after the loop should > be avoided. > > In preparation to limit the scope of a list iterator to the list > traversal loop, use a dedicated pointer to point to the found element [1]. > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wgRr_D8CB-D9Kg-c=EHreAsk5SqXPwr9Y7k9sA6cWXJ6w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ [1] > Signed-off-by: Jakob Koschel <jakobkoschel@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_main.c | 10 ++++++---- > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) Patch applied. Thanks. -- Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt
