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
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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
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