Re: [patch] HID: picoLCD: fix a NULL test in picolcd_raw_cir()

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On Fri, 7 Sep 2012, Bruno Prémont wrote:

> > Smatch complains that the NULL checking in this function is not
> > consistent and could lead to a NULL dereference.  The comments say that
> > we should return here if rc_dev is NULL so I've changed the test to
> > match the comment.
> 
> Good catch! Currently thanks to HID mutex around probe()/remove()
> we should never be able to see rc_dev being NULL here.
> 
> 
> Once the probe()/remove() mutex gets tied to hw_start()/hw_stop() or
> otherwise changed to allow drivers to chat with device during probe()
> ->rc_dev might be NULL in picolcd_raw_cir().
> 
> 
> Reviewed-by: Bruno Prémont <bonbons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks Dan, thanks Bruno.

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Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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