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Re: [PATCH] staging/lustre: Unbreak ll_prep_inode iget result check

From Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] staging/lustre: Unbreak ll_prep_inode iget result check
Date 2016-03-03 00:30 +0100
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On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 08:25:39AM -0500, green@linuxhacker.ru wrote:
> From: Oleg Drokin <green@linuxhacker.ru>
> 
> commit 020ecc6f3229 ("staging: lustre: llite: Remove IS_ERR tests")
> managed to break one of the converted checks by losing a dereference
> causing the condition to be wrong and hence leading
> to a crash later on in case of actual error.
> IS_ERR_OR_NULL(*inode) got converted into !inode.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Drokin <green@linuxhacker.ru>
> CC: Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@gmail.com>
> ---
> I am not sure where did that patch came from as I cannot see
> it in either my inbox or in any public mailinglists via google.

My fault, it is part of the Outreachy application process, I missed that
bug, sorry about this.

greg k-h

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[PATCH] staging/lustre: Unbreak ll_prep_inode iget result check green@linuxhacker.ru - 2016-03-02 14:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] staging/lustre: Unbreak ll_prep_inode iget result check Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-03-03 00:30 +0100

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