Re: [PATCH] cgroup: remove incorrect check on the return value of css_alloc

[Tejun Heo]

Hello,

On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 09:38:51PM +0800, Xiongwei Song wrote:
> The function css_alloc never return NULL, it may return normal pointer or

It's a calling a controller implemented method.  I'd much rather keep
the extra protection.

> error codes that made by ERR_PTR, so !css is always false, we need use
> IS_ERR to check it, and if this is true, we should use ERR_CAST handle it.

It's of the same type.  Why would it need casting?

Thanks.

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tejun