drm/bridge: it6505: Move a variable assignment behind a null pointer check in receive_timing_debugfs_show()

Markus Elfring Markus.Elfring at web.de
Tue Apr 25 14:15:51 UTC 2023


> This patch seems to be a part of a series without being marked as such,

The mentioned patch affects only a single function implementation.


> this causes issues when importing this patch with maintainer tools
> like b4 which automatically pull in the entire series and not
> just the specific patch.

It is a pity that there are special technical difficulties.


> Either label the patch as being part of a series ( [PATCH 1/XX] ),

Further software modules were similarly affected.

See also:
Reconsidering pointer dereferences before null pointer checks (with SmPL)
https://lore.kernel.org/cocci/1a11455f-ab57-dce0-1677-6beb8492a257@web.de/
https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/cocci/2023-04/msg00021.html


> or submit it separately.

I thought that I did that (in principle).

Regards,
Markus


More information about the dri-devel mailing list