Re: [PATCH] regmap: Specifically test writing 0 as a value to sparse caches
From: Mark Brown
Date: Tue Oct 01 2024 - 07:14:18 EST
On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 12:08:53 +0200, Mark Brown wrote:
> Since 0 can look a lot like a NULL pointer when used in a cache some clever
> data structures might potentially introduce bugs specific to handling it.
> Add some explicit testing of storing 0 as a value in a sparse cache, at the
> minute there are no issues and this will stop any appearing in the future.
>
>
Applied to
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/regmap.git for-next
Thanks!
[1/1] regmap: Specifically test writing 0 as a value to sparse caches
commit: 42afe80caff040525252af6e9601287777d144fe
All being well this means that it will be integrated into the linux-next
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Thanks,
Mark