Re: [PATCH] eventpoll: restore EP_UNACTIVE_PTR sentinel for ctx->tfile_check_list

[Christian Brauner]

On Fri, 29 May 2026 22:25:33 +0800, Zhan Wei wrote:
> Commit e09c77d94003 ("eventpoll: hoist CTL_ADD scratch state into
> struct ep_ctl_ctx") moved tfile_check_list from a file-scope global into
> the stack-allocated struct ep_ctl_ctx, and in doing so replaced the
> EP_UNACTIVE_PTR sentinel with NULL on the grounds that "NULL is the
> obvious 'empty' value and zero-init handles it for free", describing the
> change as "No functional change". It is not.
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs-7.2.eventpoll branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-7.2.eventpoll branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-7.2.eventpoll

[1/1] eventpoll: restore EP_UNACTIVE_PTR sentinel for ctx->tfile_check_list
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/a1e9718b406b