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Subject: Re: [PATCH-next] sched: Fix Null pointer derefrence
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On Sat, May 15, 2021 at 05:46:45PM +0100, Khaled ROMDHANI wrote:
> The 'curr' variable could be NULL and derefrenced by
> pick_next_entity. Fix this by adding a check that prevent
> the invocation of pick_next_entity with a NULL passed argument.

And why exactly is that a problem?