From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Kaushlendra Kumar <kaushlendra.kumar@intel.com>, peterz@infradead.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] smpboot: Add NULL check before kthread_unpark()
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:50:29 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877buug79m.ffs@tglx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251124051144.1427596-1-kaushlendra.kumar@intel.com>
On Mon, Nov 24 2025 at 10:41, Kaushlendra Kumar wrote:
> Add NULL check for tsk before calling kthread_unpark() in
> smpboot_unpark_thread() to prevent potential null pointer
> dereference.
How is that ever going to be NULL?
Thanks,
tglx
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-10 6:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-24 5:11 [PATCH] smpboot: Add NULL check before kthread_unpark() Kaushlendra Kumar
2025-12-10 6:50 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2025-12-10 8:21 ` Kumar, Kaushlendra
2025-12-12 1:10 ` Thomas Gleixner
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