linux-kernel - [ 39/74] VFS: collect_mounts() should return an ERR

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Date:	Mon, 26 Aug 2013 18:08:37 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: [ 39/74] VFS: collect_mounts() should return an ERR_PTR

3.10-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

commit 52e220d357a38cb29fa2e29f34ed94c1d66357f4 upstream.

This should actually be returning an ERR_PTR on error instead of NULL.
That was how it was designed and all the callers expect it.

[AV: actually, that's what "VFS: Make clone_mnt()/copy_tree()/collect_mounts()
return errors" missed - originally collect_mounts() was expected to return
NULL on failure]

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 fs/namespace.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1429,7 +1429,7 @@ struct vfsmount *collect_mounts(struct p
 			 CL_COPY_ALL | CL_PRIVATE);
 	namespace_unlock();
 	if (IS_ERR(tree))
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_CAST(tree);
 	return &tree->mnt;
 }
 


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