Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 May 2015 12:12:38 +0100 | From | Al Viro <> | Subject | Re: [EDT] [PATCH] devpts/inode.c : Fix Possible dentry NULL dereference |
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On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 10:28:52AM +0000, Maninder Singh wrote:
> Subject: [PATCH 1/1] devpts/inode.c : Fix Possible dentry NULL dereference > > Issue reported by static tool Analyzer (Prevent). > d_find_alias can return NULL to deentry, Thus we need NULL check > before calling d_delete(dentry)
No, we do not. That inode must have come from devpts_pty_new() and it wouldn't have made it out of there without having a dentry attached to it (and pinned).
NAK.
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