linux-kernel - Re: [patch] KEYS: Fix an error code in request_master

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Date:   Thu, 12 Jan 2017 13:08:33 +0000
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        David Safford <safford@...ibm.com>,
        James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] KEYS: Fix an error code in request_master_key()

Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 2016-12-16 at 12:08 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > This function has two callers and neither are able to handle a NULL
> > return.  Really, -EINVAL is the correct thing return here anyway.  This
> > fixes some static checker warnings like:
> > 
> > 	security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c:709 encrypted_key_decrypt()
> > 	error: uninitialized symbol 'master_key'.
> > 
> > Fixes: 7e70cb497850 ("keys: add new key-type encrypted")
> > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> 
> Thanks!

Can I put that down as an Acked-by or Reviewed-by?

David