From: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>,
Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@samsung.com>,
linux-modules@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Dmitry Antipov <dmantipov@yandex.ru>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Modules fixes for v6.15-rc6
Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 07:25:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c804cbe9-3777-46ec-9df2-db76c1139137@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHk-=wjNj0vHh9v6-LTrbgtq=o6OS+RN3u3m03nV3n9V+urGtg@mail.gmail.com>
On 5/9/25 18:19, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, 9 May 2025 at 08:09, Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com> wrote:
>>
>> The fix has been on modules-next only since yesterday but should be safe.
>
> Hmm.
>
> At a minimum, the *description* of this bug is garbage.
>
> It talks about an "uninitialized completion pointer", but then the fix
> actually depends on it being initialized - just initialized to NULL.
>
> I do believe that it always is initialized, and I have pulled this.
> but I really think the explanations here are actively misleading.
>
> Because there's a big difference between "uninitialized" and "not
> pointing to a completion".
Right, the description is in this aspect misleading, my bad.
-- Petr
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-05-10 5:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-05-09 15:09 Petr Pavlu
2025-05-09 16:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-05-10 5:25 ` Petr Pavlu [this message]
2025-05-12 18:14 ` Dmitry Antipov
2025-05-12 18:56 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-05-09 18:31 ` pr-tracker-bot
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