RE: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Preventive patch in the proc file-system to handle NULL check.

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To: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Preventive patch in the proc file-system to handle NULL check.
From: Srikanth Korangala Hari <srikanth.h@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 08:51:42 +0530
Cc: "keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx" <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>, "linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Srikanth Korangala Hari <srikanth.h@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Thanks for the patch! Do you have a reproducer or is this theoretical?
> This will affect if it should go to stable or not.

Dear Luis, this is theoretical as I observed in most of the call's to api - "proc_mkdir" the NULL check is being done. Hence I thought of adding one here.

Regards,
Srikanth

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