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From: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
To: Jeff Layton <jlayton-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Steve French <sfrench-eUNUBHrolfbYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-cifs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	samba-technical-w/Ol4Ecudpl8XjKLYN78aQ@public.gmane.org,
	kernel-janitors-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [patch 2/2] cifs: dereferencing first then checking
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:40:59 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101103164059.GH14069@bicker> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101102162250.3a2aa670-9yPaYZwiELC+kQycOl6kW4xkIHaj4LzF@public.gmane.org>

On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 04:22:50PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> Here's a respun patch that should fix these problems. I chickened out
> on removing the check in find_writable_file.
> 
> It still seems like a bogus cargo-cult sort of thing. It should
> probably be a BUG() if you call that function with a NULL pointer, but
> I don't feel like tackling that just yet.
> 
> Dan, does this look ok to you? If so, I'll resend to Steve as an
> "official" patch.
> 

Looks fine to me.  Obviously, I've already said that I don't know if the
checks are needed or not.  I defer to your greater knowledge.  ;)

regards,
dan carpenter


      parent reply	other threads:[~2010-11-03 16:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-27 21:22 [patch 2/2] cifs: dereferencing first then checking Dan Carpenter
2010-10-27 23:51 ` Jeff Layton
     [not found]   ` <20101027195123.0a712a53-9yPaYZwiELC+kQycOl6kW4xkIHaj4LzF@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-28  3:44     ` Dan Carpenter
2010-11-02 20:22       ` Jeff Layton
     [not found]         ` <20101102162250.3a2aa670-9yPaYZwiELC+kQycOl6kW4xkIHaj4LzF@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-03 16:40           ` Dan Carpenter [this message]

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