linux-kernel - Re: [patch] ksm: check for ERR_PTR from follow

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Message-ID: <4BCF18A8.8080809@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:24:24 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>, Izik Eidus <ieidus@...hat.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] ksm: check for ERR_PTR from follow_page()

On 04/21/2010 06:27 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> The follow_page() function can potentially return -EFAULT so I added
> checks for this.
>
> Also I silenced an uninitialized variable warning on my version of gcc
> (version 4.3.2).
>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter<error27@...il.com>

Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
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