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

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Date:   Thu, 31 Aug 2017 13:56:40 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     Shaohua Li <shli@...com>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        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 08/31/2017 10:52 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 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 :(

It's in my tree, I'll take it. Can I add your
acked/reviewed/whatever-by?

-- 
Jens Axboe