ib_map_mr_sg() and ib_map_mr_sg_pi() allow ULPs to specify NULL as the sg_offset/data_sg_offset/meta_sg_offset arguments. Drivers who need to derefernce these arguments have to add NULL pointer checks to avoid crashing the kernel. This can be optimized by adding dummy sg_offset pointer to these two APIs. When the sg_offset arguments are NULL, pass the pointer of dummy to drivers. Drivers can always get a valid pointer, so no need to add NULL pointer checks. Junxian Huang (2): RDMA/core: Add dummy sg_offset pointer for ib_map_mr_sg() and ib_map_mr_sg_pi() RDMA: Delete NULL pointer checks for sg_offset in .map_mr_sg ops drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c | 12 +++++++++--- drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c | 18 ++++++------------ drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/trace_mr.h | 2 +- 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) -- 2.33.0