On Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:46:43 +0100, Emanuele Rocca wrote: > Commit 673a55cc49da replaced the null pointer dereference used in > crashing_child() with __builtin_trap to address the following LLVM warnings: > > coredump_test_helpers.c:59:6: warning: indirection of non-volatile null > pointer will be deleted, not trap [-Wnull-dereference] > coredump_test_helpers.c:59:6: note: consider using __builtin_trap() or > qualifying pointer with 'volatile' > > All coredump tests expect crashing_child() to result in a SIGSEGV. However, > the > behavior of __builtin_trap is architecture-dependent. On x86 it yields SIGILL, > on aarch64 SIGTRAP. Given that neither of those signals are SIGSEGV, both > coredump_socket_test and coredump_socket_protocol_test are currently failing: > > [...]
Applied to the vfs-7.1.pidfs branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree. Patches in the vfs-7.1.pidfs branch should appear in linux-next soon. Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it. It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated. Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase, trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch. tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git branch: vfs-7.1.pidfs [1/1] kselftest/coredump: reintroduce null pointer dereference https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/3fc66a103395
