linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Modules fixes for v6.15-rc6

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wjNj0vHh9v6-LTrbgtq=o6OS+RN3u3m03nV3n9V+urGtg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2025 09:19:24 -0700
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com>
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>, Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>, 
	Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@...sung.com>, linux-modules@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Dmitry Antipov <dmantipov@...dex.ru>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Modules fixes for v6.15-rc6

On Fri, 9 May 2025 at 08:09, Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com> wrote:
>
> The fix has been on modules-next only since yesterday but should be safe.

Hmm.

At a minimum, the *description* of this bug is garbage.

It talks about an "uninitialized completion pointer", but then the fix
actually depends on it being initialized - just initialized to NULL.

I do believe that it always is initialized, and I have pulled this.
but I really think the explanations here are actively misleading.

Because there's a big difference between "uninitialized" and "not
pointing to a completion".

               Linus