Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Mar 2005 01:05:55 -0500 (EST) | From | Daniel Barkalow <> | Subject | Re: Do not misuse Coverity please (Was: sound/oss/cs46xx.c: fix a check after use) |
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On Mon, 28 Mar 2005, L. A. Walsh wrote:
> However, in this case, if the author is _certain_ the > pointer can never be NULL, than an "ASSERT(card!=NULL);" might > be appropriate, where ASSERT is a macro that normally compiles > in the check, but could compile to "nothing" for embedded or > kernels that aren't being developed in.
If the kernel dereferences a NULL pointer, it produces an extensive bug report. The automatic oops is about the most useful thing to do if a pointer is unexpectedly NULL.
-Daniel *This .sig left intentionally blank*
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