linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernfs: checking for IS

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Date:   Thu, 31 Aug 2017 18:52:47 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     Shaohua Li <shli@...com>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernfs: checking for IS_ERR() instead of NULL

On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 05:04:56PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> The kernfs_get_inode() returns NULL on error, it never returns error
> pointers.
> 
> Fixes: aa8188253474 ("kernfs: add exportfs operations")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>

Hm, I don't know what tree aa8188253474 is in, but it's not mine, so I
can't take this patch :(

thanks,

greg k-h