+ efs-iget_locked-doesnt-return-an-err_ptr.patch added to -mm tree

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Subject: + efs-iget_locked-doesnt-return-an-err_ptr.patch added to -mm tree
To: dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx,ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx,serge.hallyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 15:04:11 -0700


The patch titled
     Subject: efs: iget_locked() doesn't return an ERR_PTR()
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     efs-iget_locked-doesnt-return-an-err_ptr.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/efs-iget_locked-doesnt-return-an-err_ptr.patch
and later at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/efs-iget_locked-doesnt-return-an-err_ptr.patch

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From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: efs: iget_locked() doesn't return an ERR_PTR()

The iget_locked() function returns NULL on error and never an ERR_PTR.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 fs/efs/inode.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN fs/efs/inode.c~efs-iget_locked-doesnt-return-an-err_ptr fs/efs/inode.c
--- a/fs/efs/inode.c~efs-iget_locked-doesnt-return-an-err_ptr
+++ a/fs/efs/inode.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ struct inode *efs_iget(struct super_bloc
 	struct inode *inode;
 
 	inode = iget_locked(super, ino);
-	if (IS_ERR(inode))
+	if (!inode)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	if (!(inode->i_state & I_NEW))
 		return inode;
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx are

origin.patch
nilfs2-remove-double-bio_put-in-nilfs_end_bio_write-for-bio_eopnotsupp-error.patch
nilfs2-fix-issue-with-counting-number-of-bio-requests-for-bio_eopnotsupp-error-detection.patch
ocfs2-use-list_for_each_entry-instead-of-list_for_each.patch
ocfs2-use-list_for_each_entry-instead-of-list_for_each-fix.patch
efs-iget_locked-doesnt-return-an-err_ptr.patch
pktcdvd-convert-printk-to-pr_level.patch
pktcdvd-fix-defective-misuses-of-pkt_level.patch
linux-next.patch
fs-convert-fs-shrinkers-to-new-scan-count-api-fix-fix.patch

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