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Message-ID: <529D4B3E.8050604@huawei.com>
Date:	Tue, 3 Dec 2013 11:08:46 +0800
From:	Rui Xiang <rui.xiang@...wei.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sysfs: add necessary Null check in sysfs_do_create_link_sd

On 2013/12/3 10:47, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 09:38:47AM +0800, Rui Xiang wrote:
>> While target_sd or sd are null, it won't need sysfs_put and
>> should return -ENOENT directly. Here add null check for
>> target_sd and sd.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Rui Xiang <rui.xiang@...wei.com>
>> ---
>>  fs/sysfs/symlink.c | 6 ++++--
>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
>> index 3ae3f1b..d69b786 100644
>> --- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
>> +++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
>> @@ -83,8 +83,10 @@ static int sysfs_do_create_link_sd(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
>>  	return 0;
>>  
>>   out_put:
>> -	sysfs_put(target_sd);
>> -	sysfs_put(sd);
>> +	if (target_sd)
>> +		sysfs_put(target_sd);
>> +	if (sd)
>> +		sysfs_put(sd);
> 
> This change does nothing at all, why is it needed?
> 
oh, I noted sysfs_put has a null check. So these are unnecessary. Sorry, please ignore it.

Thanks,
Rui

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