Re: [PATCH] devpts: fix error handling in devpts_mntget()

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To: Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] devpts: fix error handling in devpts_mntget()
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 08:49:16 -0800
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.l-h@xxxxxx>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, syzkaller-bugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <20180131084918.15267-1-ebiggers3@gmail.com>

On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 12:49 AM, Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> If devpts_ptmx_path() returns an error code, then devpts_mntget()
> dereferences an ERR_PTR():

Thanks, applied.

            Linus

References:
- [PATCH] devpts: fix error handling in devpts_mntget()
  - From: Eric Biggers

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