Re: [Patch] ariadne: fix possible null dereference

[David Miller]

From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 21:00:13 +0100

> On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 20:11, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Sun, 6 Mar 2011 02:08:32 -0500 j223yang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Randy,
>>> I have tested my patch, and it is ok now.
>>> Could you please try patching again? Sorry for previous trouble.
>>> Thank you!
>>
>> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

People really don't actually read patches, I think.

Show me how dev can even be NULL here, it simply can't.

So the correct fix is to remove the dev==NULL check altogether.
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