From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
QCA ath9k Development <ath9k-devel@qca.qualcomm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath9k: do not return invalid pointers as a *dentry
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 14:59:32 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190207145932.3CA5B6085F@smtp.codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190131131625.GC19807@kroah.com>
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> When calling debugfs functions, they can now return error values if
> something went wrong. If that happens, return a NULL as a *dentry to
> the relay core instead of passing it an illegal pointer.
>
> The relay core should be able to handle an illegal pointer, but add this
> check to be safe.
>
> Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
> Cc: QCA ath9k Development <ath9k-devel@qca.qualcomm.com>
> Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.
cd98625b3e3f ath9k: do not return invalid pointers as a *dentry
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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10790497/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
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2019-01-31 13:16 [PATCH] ath9k: do not return invalid pointers as a *dentry Greg Kroah-Hartman
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