linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] NFSv4: fix possible NULL-pointer dereference in nfs42_complete

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Message-ID: <60f7626d-66c6-4ae4-bd40-03852fe2aee5@web.de>
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 11:19:21 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Yanjun Zhang <zhangyanjun@...tc.cn>, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
 Anna Schumaker <anna@...nel.org>, Trond Myklebust <trondmy@...nel.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] NFSv4: fix possible NULL-pointer dereference in
 nfs42_complete_copies after state recovery failed

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> We found that the NULL-pointer dereference was due to nfs42_complete_copies list the nfs_server->ss_copies by
> the field ss_copies of nfs4_copy_state. So the nfs4_copy_state address ffff0100f98fa3f0 is offset by 0x10 and
…

* Would smaller line lengths be preferred for such a change description?

* How do you think about to append parentheses to any function names?

Regards,
Markus