Re: [PATCH] fs: fix NULL dereference due to data race in prepend_path()

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To: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: fix NULL dereference due to data race in prepend_path()
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:12:07 -0700
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, kernel-team@xxxxxx, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <20201014230858.GL3576660@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>

On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 4:09 PM Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  If you've already grabbed it, I'll just push a followup cleanup.

Already grabbed (along with the ppc32 csum fix). Your suggested helper
function cleanup sounds good.

          Linus

References:
- [PATCH] fs: fix NULL dereference due to data race in prepend_path()
  - From: Andrii Nakryiko
- Re: [PATCH] fs: fix NULL dereference due to data race in prepend_path()
  - From: Linus Torvalds
- Re: [PATCH] fs: fix NULL dereference due to data race in prepend_path()
  - From: Al Viro

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