The subject says that it fixes a bug but it does not. On Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 09:20:58PM +0100, Jakob Koschel wrote: > If the list does not exit early then data == NULL and 'module' does not > point to a valid list element. > Using 'module' in such a case is not valid and was therefore removed. This paragraph is confusing jumble words. Just say: "This code is fine". > > In preparation to limit the scope of the list iterator to the list > traversal loop, use a dedicated pointer pointing to the found element [1]. This paragraph is the information we need. Just add something like "This patch has no effect on runtime". regards, dan carpenter