netdev - Re: [PATCH] ath9k: do not return invalid pointers as a *dentry

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Date:   Thu,  7 Feb 2019 14:59:32 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        QCA ath9k Development <ath9k-devel@....qualcomm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath9k: do not return invalid pointers as a *dentry

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:

> When calling debugfs functions, they can now return error values if
> something went wrong.  If that happens, return a NULL as a *dentry to
> the relay core instead of passing it an illegal pointer.
> 
> The relay core should be able to handle an illegal pointer, but add this
> check to be safe.
> 
> Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
> Cc: QCA ath9k Development <ath9k-devel@....qualcomm.com>
> Cc: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

cd98625b3e3f ath9k: do not return invalid pointers as a *dentry

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10790497/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches