On 09/08/2012 10:03 AM, Larry Finger wrote: > On 09/07/2012 08:53 PM, Wei Yongjun wrote: >> From: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> The dereference should be moved below the NULL test. >> >> spatch with a semantic match is used to found this. >> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) >> >> Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> > > As long as you are reworking this section, doesn't BUG_ON seem a little harsh? I do not think the kernel should ever be crashed because a non-essential driver is messed up. As the patch would be a totally different change, it should be a new submission, but I think each of these conditions should trigger a WARN_ON_ONCE, and return IRQ_NONE when they occur. > You means the should be like this? diff --git a/drivers/nfc/pn544_hci.c b/drivers/nfc/pn544_hci.c index aa71807..e42b100 100644 --- a/drivers/nfc/pn544_hci.c +++ b/drivers/nfc/pn544_hci.c @@ -341,13 +341,16 @@ flush: static irqreturn_t pn544_hci_irq_thread_fn(int irq, void *dev_id) { struct pn544_hci_info *info = dev_id; - struct i2c_client *client = info->i2c_dev; + struct i2c_client *client; struct sk_buff *skb = NULL; int r; - BUG_ON(!info); - BUG_ON(irq != info->i2c_dev->irq); + if (!info || irq != info->i2c_dev->irq) { + WARN_ON_ONCE(1); + return IRQ_NONE; + } + client = info->i2c_dev; dev_dbg(&client->dev, "IRQ\n"); if (info->hard_fault != 0) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html