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SubjectRe: [PATCH] extra memory checking in tty_io.c (2.2.12)
On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 07:01:11AM -0700, Mooneer Salem wrote:

> I'm not sure if this would fix any bugs, but it's worth a shot:

[snip]
> + if (!driver) {
> + return 0;
> + }
> +

Off the top of my head, it certainly won't fix any bugs, it'll hide them.
Anything which does pass a null pointer should oops "cleanly" (i.e., outside
of interrupts AFAICS) at the moment, which allows it to be fixed..

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