On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 02:22:23PM -0500, David Miller wrote: > From: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukher...@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 18:52:40 +0530 > > > we were dereferencing dev to initialize pdata. but just after that we > > have a BUG_ON(!dev). so we were basically dereferencing the pointer > > first and then tesing it for NULL. > > > > Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <su...@vectorindia.org> > > You didn't even compile test this. > > Do not even bother fixing theoretical issues if you're going to be > introducing a _REAL_ serious regression into the code with your "fix": > > drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c: In function ‘smsc95xx_resume’: > drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c:1674:5: warning: ‘pdata’ is used uninitialized in > this function [-Wuninitialized] > u8 suspend_flags = pdata->suspend_flags; > ^ > > So, instead of a theoretical issue, we now have a real guaranteed > crash. > > You did not compile test this change, and you definitely did not > functionally test this change either. > > Please do not do this ever again, thanks.
extremely sorry for this. i have compile tested but don't know how i missed the new warning message. for any of my patch,if for some reason i am not able to compile test it, i mention that in the comments. sorry again. thanks sudip -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
