Re: [PATCH] USB: serial: Fix use after free in debug printk

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On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 10:07:42AM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 09:59:10AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > The dev_dbg() call dereferences "urb" but it was already freed on the
> > previous line.  Move the debug output earlier in the function.
> 
> Thanks for catching this, but please use a temporary variable for the
> struct device pointer instead of changing the flow.
> 

Why?  The output is the same either way and this way is cleaner code.

> Also make sure to include the driver name in the patch summary prefix
> (i.e. "USB: serial: io_edgeport: ..."):

Sure.

regards,
dan carpenter





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