The patch titled nfs: ERR_PTR is expected on failure from nfs_do_clone_mount has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is nfs-err_ptr-is-expected-on-failure-from-nfs_do_clone_mount.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/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: nfs: ERR_PTR is expected on failure from nfs_do_clone_mount From: "Denis V. Lunev" <den@xxxxxxxxxx> Replace NULL with ERR_PTR(-EINVAL). Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/namespace.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN fs/nfs/namespace.c~nfs-err_ptr-is-expected-on-failure-from-nfs_do_clone_mount fs/nfs/namespace.c --- a/fs/nfs/namespace.c~nfs-err_ptr-is-expected-on-failure-from-nfs_do_clone_mount +++ a/fs/nfs/namespace.c @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static struct vfsmount *nfs_do_clone_mou struct nfs_clone_mount *mountdata) { #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V4 - struct vfsmount *mnt = NULL; + struct vfsmount *mnt = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); switch (server->nfs_client->rpc_ops->version) { case 2: case 3: _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from den@xxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch linux-next.patch nfs-err_ptr-is-expected-on-failure-from-nfs_do_clone_mount.patch sunrpc-do-not-pin-sunrpc-module-in-the-memory.patch proc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-page_owner-creation-page_owner.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html