From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D7FCC282CC for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2019 14:55:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFF122190A for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2019 14:55:38 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="key not found in DNS" (0-bit key) header.d=codeaurora.org header.i=@codeaurora.org header.b="Ap+GcrAt"; dkim=fail reason="key not found in DNS" (0-bit key) header.d=codeaurora.org header.i=@codeaurora.org header.b="mTcwM5zF" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726654AbfBGOzh (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Feb 2019 09:55:37 -0500 Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org ([198.145.29.96]:58730 "EHLO smtp.codeaurora.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726037AbfBGOzh (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Feb 2019 09:55:37 -0500 Received: by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 745936055C; Thu, 7 Feb 2019 14:55:36 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=codeaurora.org; s=default; t=1549551336; bh=Mf1qYoVzCZL3pkCUCfc0CudEz4N0pJiYocqSCJdDyaA=; h=Subject:From:In-Reply-To:References:To:Cc:Date:From; b=Ap+GcrAt3b6u1w/BpQLrpIcmq5Fmsh0fSX/ghy9vd8DUuktK8tDoYvNU8g9SO3Iwq nojdsIp93iITfjNOApbXeEFnO3kzknxZAVS0+SIRd7O3tQ2LoTMrWSDMXsDoPixmjU rCxbkZJXrPKnmqFCWmLYoFG9oHT1mKovHF+OONJg= Received: from potku.adurom.net (88-114-240-156.elisa-laajakaista.fi [88.114.240.156]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: kvalo@smtp.codeaurora.org) by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2678A60247; Thu, 7 Feb 2019 14:55:34 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=codeaurora.org; s=default; t=1549551336; bh=Mf1qYoVzCZL3pkCUCfc0CudEz4N0pJiYocqSCJdDyaA=; h=Subject:From:In-Reply-To:References:To:Cc:From; b=mTcwM5zFesfQR1gW9SLzvroT7cS4xp1rvf8GV6+imSaQwlhe21de7qP9YSxLjy9Pz WCw+4/6a/IvSj21c+U/Jw+qdW4MbxF7vQRPDqGrLrYsvA/f7ye2aDCRBbX1eEGDzpT X4YCMdsKG0UVNF5C5hrLpM6OEX7/qPJK4jGQC+ps= DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 smtp.codeaurora.org 2678A60247 Authentication-Results: pdx-caf-mail.web.codeaurora.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=codeaurora.org Authentication-Results: pdx-caf-mail.web.codeaurora.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=kvalo@codeaurora.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath10k: do not return invalid pointers as a *dentry From: Kalle Valo In-Reply-To: <20190131131556.GB19807@kroah.com> References: <20190131131556.GB19807@kroah.com> To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: ath10k@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org User-Agent: pwcli/0.0.0-git (https://github.com/kvalo/pwcli/) Python/2.7.12 Message-Id: <20190207145536.745936055C@smtp.codeaurora.org> Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 14:55:36 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Greg Kroah-Hartman 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 > Cc: ath10k@lists.infradead.org > Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org > Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman > Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks. 0b38b4b44516 ath10k: do not return invalid pointers as a *dentry -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10790493/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches