linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next v2] mm/hotplug: fix a null-ptr-deref during NUMA boot

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Date:   Thu, 30 May 2019 21:01:16 +0800
From:   Pingfan Liu <kernelfans@...il.com>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:     Qian Cai <cai@....pw>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Barret Rhoden <brho@...gle.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
        Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next v2] mm/hotplug: fix a null-ptr-deref during NUMA boot

On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 2:21 AM Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu 23-05-19 12:00:46, Pingfan Liu wrote:
> [...]
> > > Yes, but maybe it will pay great effort on it.
> > >
> > And as a first step, we can find a way to fix the bug reported by me
> > and the one reported by Barret
>
> Can we try http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190513140448.GJ24036@dhcp22.suse.cz
> for starter?
If it turns out that the changing of for_each_online_node() will not
break functions in scheduler like task_numa_migrate(), I think it will
be a good starter. On the other hand, if it does, then I think it only
requires a slight adjustment of your patch to meet the aim.

Thanks,
  Pingfan
> --
> Michal Hocko
> SUSE Labs