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

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Message-ID: <615eb575-b64f-c315-f1e8-800a2652aa5e@kernel.dk>
Date:   Fri, 1 Sep 2017 08:19:18 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>, Shaohua Li <shli@...com>,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernfs: checking for IS_ERR() instead of NULL

On 08/30/2017 08:04 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> The kernfs_get_inode() returns NULL on error, it never returns error
> pointers.

Added for 4.14, with the ack from Tejun and Greg.

-- 
Jens Axboe