Re: [GIT PULL] Modules fixes for v6.15-rc6

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On 5/9/25 18:19, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, 9 May 2025 at 08:09, Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> The fix has been on modules-next only since yesterday but should be safe.
> 
> Hmm.
> 
> At a minimum, the *description* of this bug is garbage.
> 
> It talks about an "uninitialized completion pointer", but then the fix
> actually depends on it being initialized - just initialized to NULL.
> 
> I do believe that it always is initialized, and I have pulled this.
> but I really think the explanations here are actively misleading.
> 
> Because there's a big difference between "uninitialized" and "not
> pointing to a completion".

Right, the description is in this aspect misleading, my bad.

-- Petr




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