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

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Message-ID: <f40c3d5c-edf8-4d3d-a50a-506c5b6d7bc0@yandex.ru>
Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 21:14:50 +0300
From: Dmitry Antipov <dmantipov@...dex.ru>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
 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
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Modules fixes for v6.15-rc6

On 5/9/25 7:19 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> 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".

Technically speaking you're right, and I will take notice on that for
further commits. OTOH replying with "please adjust commit message and
send v2" could be the way faster.

Dmitry