linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: lustre: add error handling for try_module

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Date:   Tue, 12 Jun 2018 08:31:11 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@...il.com>
Cc:     Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@...el.com>,
        Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@...el.com>,
        James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org>,
        NeilBrown <neilb@...e.com>,
        Haneen Mohammed <hamohammed.sa@...il.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>,
        lustre-devel@...ts.lustre.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: lustre: add error handling for try_module_get

On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 12:49:26PM +0800, Zhouyang Jia wrote:
> When try_module_get fails, the lack of error-handling code may
> cause unexpected results.
> 
> This patch adds error-handling code after calling try_module_get.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd.c | 5 ++++-

This patch does not apply to Linus's tree.  Always be sure to work
against linux-next to catch things like this.

thanks,

greg k-h