> The checks in proc are moot if we guarantee the non-NULL card at > snd_timer_new() in the above. > So it's not about fixing in sound module. It serves right. Your > patch would add a sanity check to catch a buggy code in the caller > side. You are right Takashi, as you said this changes will catch buggy code in caller side.
Thank you for your respose. Thanks, Srikanth