From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Cc: Benjamin.Cheatham@amd.com, Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com,
dakr@kernel.org, dan.j.williams@intel.com,
linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, marc.herbert@linux.intel.com,
rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com, rafael@kernel.org,
sudeep.holla@arm.com, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>,
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver core: faux: fix Undefined Behavior in faux_device_destroy()
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2025 07:53:22 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2025061446-wriggle-modulator-f7f3@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250614105037.1441029-1-ojeda@kernel.org>
On Sat, Jun 14, 2025 at 12:50:37PM +0200, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jun 2025 20:33:42 -0400 Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > Great writeup, but as Miguel says, this isn't needed at all, the kernel
> > relies on the compiler to be sane :)
>
> We may still want to clean them up, e.g. for tooling -- Kees/Dan: do we?
> e.g. I see a similar case with discussion at:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/3f1e7aaa-501a-44f1-8122-28e9efa0a33c@web.de/
>
> Which in the end was picked up as commit 2df2c0caaecf ("fbdev: au1100fb:
> Move a variable assignment behind a null pointer check").
If "tooling" trips over stuff like this, then we should fix the tooling
as again, the kernel relies on this not being "optimized away" by the
compiler in many places.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-06-14 11:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-06-13 19:15 [PATCH] driver core: faux: fix Undefined Behavior in faux_device_destroy() marc.herbert
2025-06-13 20:20 ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-06-14 0:33 ` Greg KH
2025-06-14 10:50 ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-06-14 11:53 ` Greg KH [this message]
2025-06-14 14:53 ` Marc Herbert
2025-06-16 3:35 ` Greg KH
2025-06-16 14:02 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-06-18 23:43 ` Marc Herbert
2025-06-19 0:23 ` Dan Williams
2025-06-19 2:35 ` Dan Carpenter
2025-06-19 3:33 ` Marc Herbert
2025-06-19 4:02 ` Dan Carpenter
2025-06-26 0:55 ` Kent Overstreet
2025-06-30 23:24 ` Marc Herbert
2025-06-25 15:20 ` Dan Carpenter
2025-06-25 22:30 ` Marc Herbert
2025-06-25 23:18 ` Dan Carpenter
2025-06-25 15:21 ` Dan Carpenter
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