Re: [PATCH] media: chips-media: wave5: Fix possible ERR_PTR deference

[Alper Ak]

Hello everyone, look like this patch hasn't been applied. Did I miss
something I needed to do to get it applied? If there is anything I
need to do, please let me know.

Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@xxxxxx>, 13 Şub 2026 Cum, 14:38
tarihinde şunu yazdı:
>
> …
> > or ERR_PTR() on failure. The return value was not checked and in the
>
>      error pointer
>
> …
> > Add proper IS_ERR() check after kthread_run(), log the error, set
> > dev->irq_thread to NULL and fail the probe to prevent the driver
> > from operating in a broken state.
> …
>
> See also once more:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst?h=v6.19#n34
>
>
> Would a summary phrase like “Prevent error pointer dereference in wave5_vpu_probe()”
> be more appropriate?
>
> Regards,
> Markus