linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] alpha: PTR_ERR overwrites -EINVAL in syscall osf

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Message-ID: <4B69AF72.3000208@twiddle.net>
Date:	Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:16:34 -0800
From:	Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>
To:	Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
CC:	Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>,
	Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>, linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] alpha: PTR_ERR overwrites -EINVAL in syscall osf_mount

On 02/03/2010 07:49 AM, Roel Kluin wrote:
> The initial -EINVAL value is overwritten by `retval = PTR_ERR(name)'.
> If this isn't an error pointer and typenr is not 1, 6 or 9, then
> this retval, a pointer cast to a long, is returned.
>
> Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin<roel.kluin@...il.com>

Acked-by: Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>


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