The patch titled seq_file: return a negative error code when seq_path_root() fails. has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is seq_file-return-a-negative-error-code-when-seq_path_root-fails.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://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/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: seq_file: return a negative error code when seq_path_root() fails. From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> seq_path_root() is returning a return value of successful __d_path() instead of returning a negative value when mangle_path() failed. This is not a bug so far because nobody is using return value of seq_path_root(). Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/seq_file.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff -puN fs/seq_file.c~seq_file-return-a-negative-error-code-when-seq_path_root-fails fs/seq_file.c --- a/fs/seq_file.c~seq_file-return-a-negative-error-code-when-seq_path_root-fails +++ a/fs/seq_file.c @@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ int seq_path_root(struct seq_file *m, st m->count = s - m->buf; return 0; } + err = -ENAMETOOLONG; } } m->count = m->size; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are linux-next.patch seq_file-return-a-negative-error-code-when-seq_path_root-fails.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