This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled bcache: replace a mistaken IS_ERR() by IS_ERR_OR_NULL() in btree_gc_coalesce() to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: bcache-replace-a-mistaken-is_err-by-is_err_or_null-in-btree_gc_coalesce.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From f72f4312d4388376fc8a1f6cf37cb21a0d41758b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Coly Li <colyli@xxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 13:25:01 +0800 Subject: bcache: replace a mistaken IS_ERR() by IS_ERR_OR_NULL() in btree_gc_coalesce() From: Coly Li <colyli@xxxxxxx> commit f72f4312d4388376fc8a1f6cf37cb21a0d41758b upstream. Commit 028ddcac477b ("bcache: Remove unnecessary NULL point check in node allocations") do the following change inside btree_gc_coalesce(), 31 @@ -1340,7 +1340,7 @@ static int btree_gc_coalesce( 32 memset(new_nodes, 0, sizeof(new_nodes)); 33 closure_init_stack(&cl); 34 35 - while (nodes < GC_MERGE_NODES && !IS_ERR_OR_NULL(r[nodes].b)) 36 + while (nodes < GC_MERGE_NODES && !IS_ERR(r[nodes].b)) 37 keys += r[nodes++].keys; 38 39 blocks = btree_default_blocks(b->c) * 2 / 3; At line 35 the original r[nodes].b is not always allocatored from __bch_btree_node_alloc(), and possibly initialized as NULL pointer by caller of btree_gc_coalesce(). Therefore the change at line 36 is not correct. This patch replaces the mistaken IS_ERR() by IS_ERR_OR_NULL() to avoid potential issue. Fixes: 028ddcac477b ("bcache: Remove unnecessary NULL point check in node allocations") Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 6.5+ Cc: Zheng Wang <zyytlz.wz@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Coly Li <colyli@xxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231120052503.6122-9-colyli@xxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/bcache/btree.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c @@ -1342,7 +1342,7 @@ static int btree_gc_coalesce(struct btre memset(new_nodes, 0, sizeof(new_nodes)); closure_init_stack(&cl); - while (nodes < GC_MERGE_NODES && !IS_ERR(r[nodes].b)) + while (nodes < GC_MERGE_NODES && !IS_ERR_OR_NULL(r[nodes].b)) keys += r[nodes++].keys; blocks = btree_default_blocks(b->c) * 2 / 3; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from colyli@xxxxxxx are queue-6.1/bcache-replace-a-mistaken-is_err-by-is_err_or_null-in-btree_gc_coalesce.patch queue-6.1/bcache-fixup-multi-threaded-bch_sectors_dirty_init-wake-up-race.patch