Re: [PATCH] scftorture: Handle NULL argument passed to scf_add_to_free_list().

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On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 07:30:03PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 05:20:23PM +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> > Dan reported that after the rework the newly introduced
> > scf_add_to_free_list() may get a NULL pointer passed. This replaced
> > kfree() which was fine with a NULL pointer but scf_add_to_free_list()
> > isn't.
> > 
> > Let scf_add_to_free_list() handle NULL pointer.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/2375aa2c-3248-4ffa-b9b0-f0a24c50f237@stanley.mountain
> > Fixes: 4788c861ad7e9 ("scftorture: Use a lock-less list to free memory.")
> > Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > 
> > Thank you Dan. I had to look twice, that `scfsp' above looked almost
> > identical.

Queued and thank you both!

> Yeap...  Me too.  #LowHammingDistance

That could likely be improved, to be sure.  I am one of these strange
people who wants the pointer to give a hint about its type, something
about pointers to rcu_data, rcu_node, and rcu_state pointers all
being messed with at the same time.

Maybe s/scfcp/scfchkp/?

							Thanx, Paul




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