Re: [PATCH v1] drivers/tty/serial: check the return value of uart_port_check()

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 10:57:39PM -0700, lily wrote:
> uart_port_check() can return NULL pointer. Check its return value
> before dereference it.

Also, how did you find this issue?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Li Zhong <floridsleeves@xxxxxxxxx>

Also, your From: name does not match this one, so I can't take the patch
even if it is ok :(

Please do initial kernel work in drivers/staging/ to get issues like
this fixed up before moving to other portions of the kernel so that
basic email problems do not bother other subsystem maintainers.

thanks,

greg k-h