Re: [PATCH] cpu/hotplug: check the return value of idle_thread_get

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Mon, Mar 27 2023 at 20:37, Chao Liu wrote:
> ilde may be ERR_PTR()

Yes, but if that happens in bringup_cpu() or finish_cpu() it would be a
serious bug and the error pointer dereference would be the least of the
problems.

If the initial check in _cpu_up() failed for a CPU then the above
functions cannot be invoked for that CPU ever.

Thanks,

        tglx