linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/PATCH] mtd: ubi: Test return value of __wl_get

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Date:	Tue, 08 Apr 2014 16:44:15 +0300
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
To:	Tanya Brokhman <tlinder@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] mtd: ubi: Test return value of __wl_get_peb

On Tue, 2014-04-01 at 11:01 +0300, Tanya Brokhman wrote:
> In case of an error (if there are not free PEB's for example),
> __wl_get_peb will return a negative value. In order to prevent access
> violation we need to test the returned value prior to using it later on.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tatyana Brokhman <tlinder@...eaurora.org>

Pushed to linux-ubifs.git / master, thanks!

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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy

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