linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] workqueue: fix null-ptr-deref on __alloc

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Message-ID: <ZsUtOnyDVJJ96bXZ@DUT025-TGLU.fm.intel.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 23:56:42 +0000
From: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@...el.com>
To: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
CC: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] workqueue: fix null-ptr-deref on __alloc_workqueue()
 error

On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 08:54:12AM +0900, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> On (24/08/19 11:15), Tejun Heo wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 02:45:20AM +0000, Matthew Brost wrote:
> > > > Tejun, how do you plan to handle this?  Would it be possible to
> > > > drop current series from your tree so that Matthew can send an
> > > > updated version (with all the fixes squashed)?
> > > 
> > > Tejun, yes let me know how to move forward with this as it is highly
> > > desired for Intel Xe team to get this into 6.12.
> > 
> > Can you just send a fixup patch?
> 
> Well, this will make the tree unbisectable (for a range of versions),
> because the errors in question break the boot.

Can the patches not just get squashed together in the 6.12 PR?

Matt