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ASF GitHub Bot commented on FLINK-7402: --------------------------------------- Github user NicoK commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/4562#discussion_r134699645 --- Diff: flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/io/network/netty/NettyMessage.java --- @@ -220,9 +220,7 @@ void releaseBuffer() { @Override ByteBuf write(ByteBufAllocator allocator) throws IOException { - if (null == buffer) { - throw new NullPointerException(); - } + Preconditions.checkNotNull(buffer, "When deserializing the buffer should have to be requested first."); --- End diff -- Actually, the message should rather be `No buffer instance to serialize.` since the constructor leading to this code path is only used for de-serialization. > Ineffective null check in NettyMessage#write() > ---------------------------------------------- > > Key: FLINK-7402 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-7402 > Project: Flink > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Network > Reporter: Ted Yu > Priority: Minor > > Here is the null check in finally block: > {code} > finally { > if (buffer != null) { > buffer.recycle(); > } > {code} > But buffer has been dereferenced in the try block without guard. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029)