From: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 18:52:40 +0530 > we were dereferencing dev to initialize pdata. but just after that we > have a BUG_ON(!dev). so we were basically dereferencing the pointer > first and then tesing it for NULL. > > Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> You didn't even compile test this. Do not even bother fixing theoretical issues if you're going to be introducing a _REAL_ serious regression into the code with your "fix": drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c: In function ʽsmsc95xx_resumeʼ: drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c:1674:5: warning: ʽpdataʼ is used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] u8 suspend_flags = pdata->suspend_flags; ^ So, instead of a theoretical issue, we now have a real guaranteed crash. You did not compile test this change, and you definitely did not functionally test this change either. Please do not do this ever again, thanks. ?τθΊ{.nΗ+?·????+%?Λ?±ιέΆ??w?Ί{.nΗ+?·??{±ώλώ)ν?ζθw*jg¬±¨Ά????έʼj?Ύ«ώG«?ι?ʼΈʼ·¦j:+v?¨?wθjΨmΆ??ώψ―ω?w?ώ?ΰώf£ʼ·h??β?ϊ??Ω?