linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] f2fs: fix null reference error when checking end of zone

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Message-ID: <2121fd23-5cb8-493b-bee8-0c7d74bccfa9@web.de>
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2024 08:26:00 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Daejun Park <daejun7.park@...sung.com>,
 linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>,
 Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@...gle.com>, Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Dongjin Kim <dongjin_.kim@...sung.com>,
 Jaeyoon Choi <j_yoon.choi@...sung.com>, Nayeon Kim
 <nayeoni.kim@...sung.com>, Seokhwan Kim <sukka.kim@...sung.com>,
 Siwoo Jung <siu.jung@...sung.com>, Yonggil Song <yonggil.song@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] f2fs: fix null reference error when checking end of zone

> This patch fixes a potentially null pointer being accessed by
…

Please improve such a change description with imperative wordings.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.10-rc6#n94


How do you think about to use a summary phrase like
“Prevent null pointer dereference in is_end_zone_blkaddr()”?

Regards,
Markus