Re: [PATCH net] mlxsw: Fix some IS_ERR() vs NULL bugs

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On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 12:36:41PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> The mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_create() function is supposed to return an error
> pointer from mlxsw_afa_block_create().  The problem is that these
> functions both return NULL instead of error pointers.  Half the callers
> expect NULL and half expect error pointers so it could lead to a NULL
> dereference on failure.
> 
> This patch changes both of them to return error pointers and changes all
> the callers which checked for NULL to check for IS_ERR() instead.
> 
> Fixes: 4cda7d8d7098 ("mlxsw: core: Introduce flexible actions support")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, Dan.



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