The function in question returns ERR_PTR-s to indicate the error, while the caller checks for return value to be NULL.
Found during testing the OpenVZ kernel with pid namespaces. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- kernel/pid.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c index faad017..cb1f3cb 100644 --- a/kernel/pid.c +++ b/kernel/pid.c @@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ struct pid_namespace *copy_pid_ns(unsign goto out_put; new_ns = create_pid_namespace(old_ns->level + 1); - if (new_ns != NULL) + if (!IS_ERR(new_ns)) new_ns->parent = get_pid_ns(old_ns); out_put: - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/