linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] exfat: add missing brelse() calls on error paths

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Message-ID: <740ce77a-5404-102b-832f-870cbec82d56@web.de>
Date:   Wed, 10 Jun 2020 20:12:46 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@...sung.com>,
        Sungjong Seo <sj1557.seo@...sung.com>,
        Pali Rohár <pali@...nel.org>,
        Tetsuhiro Kohada <kohada.t2@...il.com>,
        Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] exfat: add missing brelse() calls on error paths

> If the second exfat_get_dentry() call fails then we need to release
> "old_bh" before returning.  There is a similar bug in exfat_move_file().

Would you like to convert any information from this change description
into an imperative wording?
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?id=5b14671be58d0084e7e2d1cc9c2c36a94467f6e0#n151

Regards,
Markus