+ wireless-iwlwifi-fix-debugfs_create_bools-error-checking.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     wireless/iwlwifi/: fix debugfs_create_bool()'s error checking
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     wireless-iwlwifi-fix-debugfs_create_bools-error-checking.patch

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Subject: wireless/iwlwifi/: fix debugfs_create_bool()'s error checking
From: Zhao Lei <zhaolei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

debugfs_create_bool() returns NULL if an error occurs, returns -ENODEV
when debugfs is not enabled in the kernel.

Signed-off-by: Zhao Lei <zhaolei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-debugfs.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-debugfs.c~wireless-iwlwifi-fix-debugfs_create_bools-error-checking drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-debugfs.c
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-debugfs.c~wireless-iwlwifi-fix-debugfs_create_bools-error-checking
+++ a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-debugfs.c
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
 #define DEBUGFS_ADD_BOOL(name, parent, ptr) do {                        \
 	dbgfs->dbgfs_##parent##_files.file_##name =                     \
 	debugfs_create_bool(#name, 0644, dbgfs->dir_##parent, ptr);     \
-	if (IS_ERR(dbgfs->dbgfs_##parent##_files.file_##name))          \
+	if (IS_ERR(dbgfs->dbgfs_##parent##_files.file_##name)		\
+			|| !dbgfs->dbgfs_##parent##_files.file_##name)	\
 		goto err;                                               \
 } while (0)
 
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from zhaolei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are

origin.patch
linux-next.patch
wireless-iwlwifi-fix-debugfs_create_bools-error-checking.patch

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