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, URIBL_BLOCKED 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 89D55C4151A for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2019 14:59:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57A0C21904 for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2019 14:59:35 +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="OVz/FzI7"; dkim=fail reason="key not found in DNS" (0-bit key) header.d=codeaurora.org header.i=@codeaurora.org header.b="PnEsIcAM" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726528AbfBGO7d (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Feb 2019 09:59:33 -0500 Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org ([198.145.29.96]:33984 "EHLO smtp.codeaurora.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726037AbfBGO7d (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Feb 2019 09:59:33 -0500 Received: by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3CA5B6085F; Thu, 7 Feb 2019 14:59:32 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=codeaurora.org; s=default; t=1549551572; bh=Z1C5ishFsUA1aSXWI2Jt4SsgPdYgzjIk01Trv75yThI=; h=Subject:From:In-Reply-To:References:To:Cc:Date:From; b=OVz/FzI7Xvl+FaUfjWdw9frT3drXnrw1wkpNzfdxYZOmYkI8pAaj6IvEYvRdCs4iG kjVDc635pOTl3p82TSI9rBDYqaTpELsSyGNRa6Q6v4tYZiQiB9hhj5XZfMjsH2bYcG DOCoQ43xOoxVX6oBwCpcDGHjMbBpltgcb8Z16OUk= 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 D33536085F; Thu, 7 Feb 2019 14:59:29 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=codeaurora.org; s=default; t=1549551570; bh=Z1C5ishFsUA1aSXWI2Jt4SsgPdYgzjIk01Trv75yThI=; h=Subject:From:In-Reply-To:References:To:Cc:From; b=PnEsIcAMYh+D2LqT9yVmMKd/SXxd1zovB/p9VXYYLs0chBj/9NqFn+yIzolopYoHu EmWCX94vEM+1Pa8jGYq2TouNfc0oiWbfvz2Ey5kX9fF6yQ9ggBY511m75RniJ2acPb /zN+ueoZnj7Go6Wlk7L7IPb77m9TEvatsemQw7x0= DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 smtp.codeaurora.org D33536085F 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] ath9k: do not return invalid pointers as a *dentry From: Kalle Valo In-Reply-To: <20190131131625.GC19807@kroah.com> References: <20190131131625.GC19807@kroah.com> To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, QCA ath9k Development User-Agent: pwcli/0.0.0-git (https://github.com/kvalo/pwcli/) Python/2.7.12 Message-Id: <20190207145932.3CA5B6085F@smtp.codeaurora.org> Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 14:59:32 +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: QCA ath9k Development > 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. cd98625b3e3f ath9k: do not return invalid pointers as a *dentry -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10790497/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches