Re: [PATCH v4] x86/fpu: Fix NULL dereference in avx512_status()

From: Dave Hansen
Date: Mon Aug 11 2025 - 15:22:26 EST


On 8/11/25 11:50, Sohil Mehta wrote:
> From: Fushuai Wang <wangfushuai@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Problem
> -------
> With CONFIG_X86_DEBUG_FPU enabled, reading /proc/[kthread]/arch_status
> causes a kernel NULL pointer dereference.
<snip>

That changelog is getting a bit long-winded and has a lot of extra
information.

The changelog also isn't really converging, so I gave it a go to
rewrite it. Is this missing anything?

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/daveh/devel.git/commit/?h=testme&id=d61828dcbcff4ac80b91f5071ba6d21ef6c97347