On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 10:00:58AM +0800, Jiecheng Wu wrote: > Function fm10k_init_module() defined in > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c calls alloc_workqueue() to > allocate memory for struct workqueue_struct which is dereferenced > immediately. As alloc_workqueue() may return NULL on failure, this code piece > may cause NULL pointer dereference bug.
Hi Jiecheng Please wrap your commit message to around 80 character wide. You also need to add a Signed-off-by to your patch. Please see https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.17/process/submitting-patches.html#developer-s-certificate-of-origin-1-1 scripts/checkpatch.pl will help you get these things rights. Andrew