Re: [PATCH] usbip: vudc: check for NULL before use

From: Shuah Khan
Date: Tue Dec 20 2016 - 09:31:55 EST


On 12/18/2016 03:44 PM, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> to_vep() is doing a container_of() on _ep. It is better to do the NULL
> check first and then use it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_dev.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_dev.c b/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_dev.c
> index 968471b..32ea604 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_dev.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/usbip/vudc_dev.c
> @@ -388,10 +388,10 @@ static int vep_dequeue(struct usb_ep *_ep, struct usb_request *_req)
> unsigned long flags;
> int ret = 0;
>
> - ep = to_vep(_ep);
> if (!_ep)
> return -EINVAL;

Hmm. Linus's latest checks _ep and _req. Are you sure you are working
with the latest tree?

>
> + ep = to_vep(_ep);
> udc = ep_to_vudc(ep);
> if (!udc->driver)
> return -ESHUTDOWN;
>

thanks,
-- Shuah