linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iomap: fix potential NULL pointer dereference in iomap_alloc

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Message-ID: <aDBmLIFtndFpOfsu@infradead.org>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 05:12:28 -0700
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To: Ye Chey <yechey@...sast.com>
Cc: brauner@...nel.org, djwong@...nel.org, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iomap: fix potential NULL pointer dereference in
 iomap_alloc_ioend

On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 05:14:17PM +0800, Ye Chey wrote:
> Under memory pressure, bio_alloc_bioset() may fail and return NULL.

It won't.  Please stop sending all these bogus patches.