linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs: fix NULL dereference due to data race in prepend

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=winDPLHSayCSPJnFZF9K31krw5TbLdGSxn_x-s++8=meQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:12:07 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-team@...com,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: fix NULL dereference due to data race in prepend_path()

On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 4:09 PM Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>
>  If you've already grabbed it, I'll just push a followup cleanup.

Already grabbed (along with the ppc32 csum fix). Your suggested helper
function cleanup sounds good.

          Linus