linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] module: Fix NULL vs IS_ERR checking for module_get_next

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Message-ID: <Y21GWE/AGbr2pmjm@google.com>
Date:   Thu, 10 Nov 2022 10:43:36 -0800
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:     Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@...il.com>
Cc:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        linux-modules@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: Fix NULL vs IS_ERR checking for
 module_get_next_page

On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 06:58:34AM +0400, Miaoqian Lin wrote:
> The module_get_next_page() function return error pointers on error
> instead of NULL.
> Use IS_ERR() to check the return value to fix this.
> 
> Fixes: b1ae6dc41eaa ("module: add in-kernel support for decompressing")
> Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>

Thank you for spotting this.

-- 
Dmitry