>>>> … >>>>> Fix this by reordering the kfree() post the dereference. … > The original wording of the commit message really is fine as is, > I see no need for Harshit to send a new version and I plan to > merge this as is. Are there opportunities remaining to improve the discussed wording? 1. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/post#Etymology_1 2. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reorder 3. Function call indication? https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.9.1/source/mm/slub.c#L4371 4. Rephrasing of “Fix this by …”? 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangling_pointer#Cause_of_dangling_pointers 6. https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/MEM30-C.+Do+not+access+freed+memory#MEM30C.Donotaccessfreedmemory-AutomatedDetection 7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_sanitizer#KernelAddressSanitizer Regards, Markus