Hallo Markus, On Sat, Jul 18, 2026 at 10:34:33PM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote: > >> The address of a data structure member was determined before > >> a corresponding null pointer check in the implementation of > >> the function “ics5342_init”. > >> > >> Thus avoid the risk for undefined behaviour by moving the assignment > >> for the variable “info” behind a condition check. > >> > >> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. > > > > There is no "risk" here. > > It just adds an offset to a potential NULL value (which isn't then used > > afterwards). > Does your understanding of programming language details differ from the view > of > SEI CERT C Coding Standard (from the Carnegie Mellon University)? > https://cmu-sei.github.io/secure-coding-standards/sei-cert-c-coding-standard/rules/expressions-exp/exp34-c/
We recently discussed a similar case where several people told you that the "problem" you fixed wasn't actually a problem. This patch is in the same category and your reference doesn't match the code touched here. Please stop to absorb maintainer attention with useless stuff. Uwe
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