The patch titled permit mempool_free(NULL) has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is permit-mempool_freenull.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: permit mempool_free(NULL) From: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Christian Borntraeger points out that mempool_free() doesn't noop when handed NULL. This is inconsistent with the other free-like functions in the kernel. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/mempool.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff -puN mm/mempool.c~permit-mempool_freenull mm/mempool.c --- a/mm/mempool.c~permit-mempool_freenull +++ a/mm/mempool.c @@ -263,6 +263,9 @@ void mempool_free(void *element, mempool { unsigned long flags; + if (unlikely(element == NULL)) + return; + smp_mb(); if (pool->curr_nr < pool->min_nr) { spin_lock_irqsave(&pool->lock, flags); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are git-kbuild.patch paravirt-helper-to-disable-all-io-space-fix.patch mm-clean-up-and-kernelify-shrinker-registration.patch mm-clean-up-and-kernelify-shrinker-registration-vs-git-nfs.patch use-menuconfig-objects-ii-module-menu.patch fix-stop_machine_run-problem-with-naughty-real-time-process.patch cpu-hotplug-fix-ksoftirqd-termination-on-cpu-hotplug-with-naughty-realtime-process.patch cpu-hotplug-fix-ksoftirqd-termination-on-cpu-hotplug-with-naughty-realtime-process-fix.patch modules-remove-modlist_lock.patch permit-mempool_freenull.patch lguest-export-symbols-for-lguest-as-a-module.patch lguest-the-guest-code.patch fix-lguest-w-lockdep.patch lguest-the-guest-code-lguest-fix-tsc-divide-error-0000-boot-crash.patch lguest-the-host-code.patch lguest-the-host-code-lguest-vs-clockevents-fix-resume-logic.patch lguest-the-host-code-handle-dodgy-non-existent-tsc-host-code.patch lguest-the-host-code-handle-dodgy-non-existent-tsc-guest-code.patch lguest-the-asm-offsets.patch lguest-the-makefile-and-kconfig.patch lguest-the-console-driver.patch lguest-the-net-driver.patch lguest-the-block-driver.patch lguest-the-documentation-example-launcher.patch lguest-the-documentation-example-launcher-fix-guests-1g.patch readahead-introduce-pg_readahead.patch readahead-add-look-ahead-support-to-__do_page_cache_readahead.patch readahead-min_ra_pages-max_ra_pages-macros.patch readahead-data-structure-and-routines.patch readahead-on-demand-readahead-logic.patch readahead-convert-filemap-invocations.patch readahead-convert-splice-invocations.patch readahead-convert-ext3-ext4-invocations.patch readahead-remove-the-old-algorithm.patch readahead-move-synchronous-readahead-call-out-of-splice-loop.patch readahead-pass-real-splice-size.patch mm-share-pg_readahead-and-pg_reclaim.patch readahead-split-ondemand-readahead-interface-into-two-functions.patch readahead-sanify-file_ra_state-names.patch define-new-percpu-interface-for-shared-data-version-4.patch use-the-new-percpu-interface-for-shared-data-version-4.patch mm-clean-up-and-kernelify-shrinker-registration-reiser4.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html