The patch titled Subject: proc-fix-dentry-inode-overinstantiating-under-proc-pid-net-checkpatch-fixes has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is proc-fix-dentry-inode-overinstantiating-under-proc-pid-net-checkpatch-fixes.patch This patch should soon appear at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/proc-fix-dentry-inode-overinstantiating-under-proc-pid-net-checkpatch-fixes.patch and later at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/proc-fix-dentry-inode-overinstantiating-under-proc-pid-net-checkpatch-fixes.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: proc-fix-dentry-inode-overinstantiating-under-proc-pid-net-checkpatch-fixes WARNING: braces {} are not necessary for single statement blocks #31: FILE: fs/proc/generic.c:452: + if ((*parent)->proc_dops == &proc_net_dentry_ops) { + pde_force_lookup(ent); + } total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 19 lines checked NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace. ./patches/proc-fix-dentry-inode-overinstantiating-under-proc-pid-net.patch has style problems, please review. NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS. Please run checkpatch prior to sending patches Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/proc/generic.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/fs/proc/generic.c~proc-fix-dentry-inode-overinstantiating-under-proc-pid-net-checkpatch-fixes +++ a/fs/proc/generic.c @@ -449,9 +449,8 @@ static struct proc_dir_entry *__proc_cre ent->proc_dops = &proc_misc_dentry_ops; /* Revalidate everything under /proc/${pid}/net */ - if ((*parent)->proc_dops == &proc_net_dentry_ops) { + if ((*parent)->proc_dops == &proc_net_dentry_ops) pde_force_lookup(ent); - } out: return ent; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are mm.patch mm-mempolicy-convert-from-atomic_t-to-refcount_t-on-mempolicy-refcnt-fix.patch ksm-count-ksm-merging-pages-for-each-process-fix.patch proc-fix-dentry-inode-overinstantiating-under-proc-pid-net-checkpatch-fixes.patch linux-next-rejects.patch mm-oom_killc-fix-vm_oom_kill_table-ifdeffery.patch mutex-subsystem-synchro-test-module-fix.patch kernel-forkc-export-kernel_thread-to-modules.patch