linux-kernel - Re: NULL ptr deref in wq_worker

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1908072248410.24014@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Wed, 7 Aug 2019 22:52:31 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Austin Kim <austindh.kim@...il.com>
cc:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, peterz@...radead.org,
        mingo@...nel.org, tj@...nel.org, jiangshanlai@...il.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        #서형진 <mike.seo@....com>
Subject: Re: NULL ptr deref in wq_worker_sleeping on 4.19

On Wed, 7 Aug 2019, Austin Kim wrote:

Again:

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 Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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 http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top

> Is it possible for you to generate kernel patch only with **kernel
> log** for 'use-after-free' case?

What? I have no idea how to reproduce that issue so how should I create a
kernel patch for something which can happen at some random place in several
million lines of code?

> With kernel log, we only have limited information, so it is hard to
> debug 'use-after-free' case with this signature.

My information is even more limited...

Thanks,

	tglx