linux-kernel - Re: fs, tty: WARNING in devpts_get

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Date:   Sat, 3 Sep 2016 11:24:04 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:     Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
        syzkaller <syzkaller@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: fs, tty: WARNING in devpts_get_priv

On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 10:58 AM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> So I think the correct thing to do for now is to just replace the
> warning with a return NULL. Like we used to. So something like

Ok, I did that and tested it just to be sure, so it's in my tree now.

              Linus