The patch titled vfs: use ERR_CAST for err-ptr tossing in lookup_instantiate_filp has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is vfs-use-err_cast-for-err-ptr-tossing-in-lookup_instantiate_filp.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: vfs: use ERR_CAST for err-ptr tossing in lookup_instantiate_filp From: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@xxxxxxxxxx> Replace unclear (struct dentry *) to (struct file *) typecast with ERR_CAST() macro. Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/open.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN fs/open.c~vfs-use-err_cast-for-err-ptr-tossing-in-lookup_instantiate_filp fs/open.c --- a/fs/open.c~vfs-use-err_cast-for-err-ptr-tossing-in-lookup_instantiate_filp +++ a/fs/open.c @@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ out: return nd->intent.open.file; out_err: release_open_intent(nd); - nd->intent.open.file = (struct file *)dentry; + nd->intent.open.file = ERR_CAST(dentry); goto out; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lookup_instantiate_filp); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from khlebnikov@xxxxxxxxxx are mm-remove-useless-rcu-lock-unlock-from-mapping_tagged.patch vfs-use-err_cast-for-err-ptr-tossing-in-lookup_instantiate_filp.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