The patch titled
Subject: mm/util.c: fix strndup_user() comment
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mm-utilc-fix-strndup_user-comment.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-utilc-fix-strndup_user-comment.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-utilc-fix-strndup_user-comment.patch
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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/util.c: fix strndup_user() comment
The kerneldoc misdescribes strndup_user()'s return value.
Cc: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Timur Tabi <timur@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mihai Caraman <mihai.caraman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kumar Gala <galak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/util.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/mm/util.c~mm-utilc-fix-strndup_user-comment
+++ a/mm/util.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmemdup_user);
* @s: The string to duplicate
* @n: Maximum number of bytes to copy, including the trailing NUL.
*
- * Return: newly allocated copy of @s or %NULL in case of error
+ * Return: newly allocated copy of @s or an ERR_PTR() in case of error
*/
char *strndup_user(const char __user *s, long n)
{
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
mm-utilc-fix-strndup_user-comment.patch
ocfs2-clear-zero-in-unaligned-direct-io-checkpatch-fixes.patch
mm.patch
userfaultfd-sysctl-add-vmunprivileged_userfaultfd-fix.patch
mm-compaction-fix-an-undefined-behaviour-fix.patch
mm-add-probe_user_read-fix.patch
mm-maintain-randomization-of-page-free-lists-checkpatch-fixes.patch
bitmap_parselist-move-non-parser-logic-to-helpers-fix.patch
fs-binfmt_elfc-remove-unneeded-initialization-of-mm-start_stack.patch
convert-struct-pid-count-to-refcount_t-fix.patch
linux-next-rejects.patch
scripts-atomic-check-atomicssh-dont-assume-that-scripts-are-executable.patch
mm-rename-ambiguously-named-memorystat-counters-and-functions-fix.patch
kernel-forkc-export-kernel_thread-to-modules.patch
slab-leaks3-default-y.patch
