Re: [PATCH] ubifs: Fix error codes in ubifs_iget()
From: Artem Bityutskiy
Date: Sun Jan 03 2016 - 08:51:45 EST
On Sat, 2016-01-02 at 23:11 +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> We cannot use positive error codes in ERR_PTR().
> IS_ERR() won't catch them.
Right, but why there is a "err = -EINVAL;" when at 'out_invalid'.
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>
I do not see a bug, but I see a removal of a useful code which lets you
understand what verification failed. Do I miss something?
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