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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: QCA ath9k Development <ath9k-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common-spectral.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common-spectral.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common-spectral.c index 6aa3ec024ffa..21191955a7c1 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common-spectral.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common-spectral.c @@ -1039,6 +1039,9 @@ static struct dentry *create_buf_file_handler(const char *filename, buf_file = debugfs_create_file(filename, mode, parent, buf, &relay_file_operations); + if (IS_ERR(buf_file)) + return NULL; + *is_global = 1; return buf_file; } -- 2.20.1
