linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched/fair: Add null pointer check to pick_next

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Message-ID: <Z+RU/ONNC0D3neQz@devvm1948.rva0.facebook.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 12:26:52 -0700
From: Pat Cody <pat@...cody.io>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: mingo@...hat.com, juri.lelli@...hat.com, vincent.guittot@...aro.org,
	dietmar.eggemann@....com, rostedt@...dmis.org, bsegall@...gle.com,
	mgorman@...e.de, vschneid@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	riel@...riel.com, patcody@...a.com, kernel-team@...a.com,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched/fair: Add null pointer check to pick_next_entity()

On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 07:59:07PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > To clarify- are you asking about if we've tried reverting 4423af84b297?
> > We have not tried that yet.
> > 
> > Or if we've included "sched/fair: Adhere to place_entity() constraints",
> > which we have already done- https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250207-tunneling-tested-koel-c59d33@leitao/
> 
> This; it seems it got lost. I'll try and get it queued up.

Given that we've already included the patch in what we're running, and
we're seeing this null pointer exception, any suggestions for how to
proceed?