Re: [PATCH net-next] ipvs: Avoid null-pointer deref in debug code

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	Hello,

On Mon, 6 Oct 2014, Alex Gartrell wrote:

> Hey Julian,
> 
> I've sent an updated patch that does this but I have some questions about
> other stuff that I find mildly confusing.  Specifically I didn't realize until
> looking at the call sites that !dest || daddr = dest->addr.ip (but maybe I'm
> wrong?)
> 
> If that's the case, why do we have the following line in __ip_vs_get_out_rt?
> 
>                 daddr = dest->addr.ip;

	Extra line that is not needed...

> If that's /always/ true then we should add the following line or a comment to
> the same effect to clarify
> 
> 	BUG_ON(dest && dest->addr.ip != daddr);

	IMHO, BUG_ON is not needed.

> If that's not intended to always be true, then should the patch be the
> following?
> 
> 	...%pI4", dest ? &dest->addr.ip : &daddr);

	Using daddr is fine.

Regards

--
Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>
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