linux-kernel - Re: [v3] x86/xen: Add some null pointer checking to smp.c

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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 10:50:23 +0100
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Kunwu Chan <chentao@...inos.cn>, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
 kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, Boris Ostrovsky
 <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
 Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
 Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Jürgen Groß
 <jgross@...e.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, x86@...nel.org
Cc: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@...il.com>, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>,
 Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Subject: Re: [v3] x86/xen: Add some null pointer checking to smp.c

>> How do you think about to refer to the function name
>> instead of the file name in the patch subject?
>>
> The main goal is to assign a errno to rc. So use 'fail_mem is good to understand.

You responded with information which can fit to the patch body.

How do you think about consequences for a subject variant like the following?

x86/xen: Add some null pointer checks in xen_smp_intr_init()

Regards,
Markus