From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Oliver Neukum Subject: Re: [PATCH] usbnet: make sure no NULL pointer is passed through Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 11:01:02 +0200 Message-ID: <1491814862.1496.1.camel@suse.com> References: <20170405121439.22523-1-oneukum@suse.com> <20170406.131907.1888296039502840628.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: bjorn@mork.no, stephen@networkplumber.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:45977 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750989AbdDJJCI (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Apr 2017 05:02:08 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20170406.131907.1888296039502840628.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Am Donnerstag, den 06.04.2017, 13:19 -0700 schrieb David Miller: > From: Oliver Neukum > Date: Wed,  5 Apr 2017 14:14:39 +0200 > > > Coverity reports: >  ... > > It is valid to offer commands without a buffer, but then you need a size > > of zero. This should actually be checked. > > > > Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum > > Applied, thanks Oliver. > > I had to apply this by hand via my inbox rather than using patchwork > because those coverity report delimiters cause patchwork to chop off > most of your commit message. > Hi, thanks. That is not good. It seems to me that a Coverity report should be in the change log. Do you have suggestions how to do this in a friendly manner? Regards Oliver