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Re: patch: debug instrumentation for dev/raidframe/rf_netbsdkintf.c
In article <24279.1548106368%splode.eterna.com.au@localhost>,
matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost> wrote:
>> > @@ -472,6 +472,9 @@
>> > const char *bootname = device_xname(bdv);
>> > size_t len = strlen(bootname);
>> >
>> > + if (bdv == NULL)
>> > + return 0;
>> > +
>>
>> This looked suspicious, even before I read the code.
>>
>> The question is if it is ever legitimate for bdv to be NULL.
>
>infact, bdv has already been dereferenced at this point:
>the assignment to bootname 3 lines up.
Yes, that change should be reverted.
christos
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