Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] cgroup/psi: Set of->priv to NULL upon file release
From: Tejun Heo
Date: Fri Aug 22 2025 - 13:51:28 EST
On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 07:07:15AM +0000, Chen Ridong wrote:
> From: Chen Ridong <chenridong@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Setting of->priv to NULL when the file is released enables earlier bug
> detection. This allows potential bugs to manifest as NULL pointer
> dereferences rather than use-after-free errors[1], which are generally more
> difficult to diagnose.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/cgroups/38ef3ff9-b380-44f0-9315-8b3714b0948d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#m8a3b3f88f0ff3da5925d342e90043394f8b2091b
> Signed-off-by: Chen Ridong <chenridong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Applied to cgroup/for-6.17-fixes.
Thanks.
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tejun