netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: avoid prefetching NULL pointers

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Message-Id: 
 <176691426882.2294622.13126225594434049290.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2025 09:31:08 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, horms@...nel.org,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com, adityag@...ux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: avoid prefetching NULL pointers

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>:

On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 08:18:44 +0000 you wrote:
> Aditya Gupta reported PowerPC crashes bisected to the blamed commit.
> 
> Apparently some platforms do not allow prefetch() on arbitrary pointers.
> 
>   prefetch(next);
>   prefetch(&next->priority); // CRASH when next == NULL
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] net: avoid prefetching NULL pointers
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/c04de0c79534

You are awesome, thank you!
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