linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] ocfs2: fix NULL pointer dereference in ocfs2_get_refcount

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Message-ID: <e3f1974d-5e88-4824-8466-6abea6359c19@web.de>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:42:29 +0100
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Jiasheng Jiang <jiashengjiangcool@...il.com>, ocfs2-devel@...ts.linux.dev
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
 LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Joel Becker <jlbec@...lplan.org>,
 Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@...ux.alibaba.com>, Mark Fasheh <mark@...heh.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ocfs2: fix NULL pointer dereference in
 ocfs2_get_refcount_rec

…> This patch adds an 'else' branch …

Thanks for another contribution.

* Does anything hinder to follow a corresponding wording requirement?
  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.19-rc5#n94

* Can it be helpful to append parentheses to function names?

Regards,
Markus