Hi Sakari,
On 04/30/2018 10:15 AM, Sakari Ailus wrote:
Isn't there a guarantee that new_buf won't be NULL ? The new_buf pointer comes
from the parg variable in video_usercopy(), which should always point to a
valid buffer given that the ioctl number specifies a non-zero size.
Fair question. After looking at the code, I agree with you; there should be
no reason to perform the check in the first place. It may have been that
the function has been used differently in the past but the check should be
rather removed now.
I'll drop the patch.
Please, if the check isn't needed anymore, make sure it is removed.
This helps to reduce the number of false positives reported by static
analyzers.
Thanks
--
Gustavo
