Re: [PATCH] uprobes: Fix NULL pointer dereference in hprobe_expire()

Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:51:29 +0200

Newsgroups	org.kernel.vger.linux-trace-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-perf-users,org.kernel.vger.stable
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On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 10:43:03AM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 07/31, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 09:56:52AM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> > > On Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:38:24 +0200
> > >
> > > Either way works. Can we update MAINTAINERS file if you will maintain
> > > uprobe in tip tree?
> >
> > Well it is in kernel/events/ which MAINTAINERS should already assign to
> > me, no?
> 
> Confused... you are already listed as a maintainer. From MAINTAINERS:
> 
> 	UPROBES
> 	M:	Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]>
> 	M:	Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]>
> 	M:	Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
> 	L:	[email protected]
> 	L:	[email protected]
> 	S:	Maintained
> 	F:	arch/*/include/asm/uprobes.h
> 	F:	arch/*/kernel/probes/uprobes.c
> 	F:	arch/*/kernel/uprobes.c
> 	F:	include/linux/uprobes.h
> 	F:	kernel/events/uprobes.c

Yes, but the 'PERFORMANCE EVENTS SUBSYSTEM' entry will also cover this.
So I have it twice ;-)

PERFORMANCE EVENTS SUBSYSTEM
...
F:      kernel/events/*

Anyway, patch should be in tip/perf/urgent now.