Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] fs: return error pointers from ->get_link() on failure

[Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>]

On Mon, 02 Nov 2026 10:31:19 +0100, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> Like in Linux, the callers of ->get_link() expect an error pointer when
> the link can't be read: readlinkat() checks the result only with
> IS_ERR() before copying from it, and path lookup takes NULL to mean that
> the link has already been followed and continues from the directory
> containing the link. barebox has no nd_jump_link(), so a NULL from
> ->get_link() is never legitimate there.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/4] fs: cramfs: don't ignore decompression errors
      https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=f6a16c4da65a (link may not be stable)
[2/4] fs: cramfs: return an error pointer from cramfs_get_link()
      https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=ec13edfe0bcb (link may not be stable)
[3/4] fs: ext4: return an error pointer from ext_get_link()
      https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=abf4a2626aec (link may not be stable)
[4/4] fs: legacy: return an error pointer from legacy_get_link()
      https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=6a8b1f474121 (link may not be stable)

Best regards,
-- 
Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>