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Sun, 05 Oct 2025 20:55:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2025 23:55:29 -0400 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH] sound/core/seq: Initialize structure pointer to NULL to prevent undefined behavior To: hariconscious@gmail.com, perex@perex.cz, tiwai@suse.com Cc: khalid@kernel.org, shuah@kernel.org, linux-sound@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20251002174301.15512-1-hariconscious@gmail.com> Content-Language: en-US From: David Hunter In-Reply-To: <20251002174301.15512-1-hariconscious@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 10/2/25 13:43, hariconscious@gmail.com wrote: > From: HariKrishna Sagala > > This change ensures the structure pointer is explicitly initialized to > NULL,preventing potential access to uninitialized memory. It improves > code safety and avoids undefined behavior during pointer dereferencing. > > Signed-off-by: HariKrishna Sagala Hi Harikrishna, Thank you for detailing your attempt at testing. Unfortunately, your patch makes no substantive change. The variable you are setting to NULL is assigned before use, so there is no risk of undefined behavior. I know this can seem discouraging to hear, but I do want you to encourage you to keep looking for ways you can make contributions. Thanks, David