# Re: (subset) \[PATCH v2 0/6\] remove dead NULL checks after GFP\_NOFAIL allocations and fix xive use-after-free

- From: Leon Romanovsky \<leon@kernel.org\>
- Date: 2026-07-26 08:23:31 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2026/07/17320028
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2026/07/17312811/t.md

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On Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:28:45 +0800, Gou Hao wrote:
> Changes in v2:
> - Remove the now-unused out_free_domain error label in the xive
>   patch after deleting the unreachable NULL check goto.
> - Fix a use-after-free of xive_ipis: when xive_init_ipis() fails,
>   the error path frees xive_ipis but xive_smp_probe() ignores the
>   error and proceeds to dereference it in xive_setup_cpu_ipi().
>   Propagate the error return through xive_smp_probe() and check
>   it in both pnv_smp_probe() and pSeries_smp_probe().
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[6/6] RDMA/cxgb4: remove dead NULL checks after GFP_NOFAIL allocations
      https://git.kernel.org/rdma/rdma/c/a273210687f255

Best regards,
-- 
Leon Romanovsky [ref]


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