The patch titled
     Sky Cpu and Nexus: check for create_proc_entry ret code
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     sky-cpu-and-nexus-check-for-create_proc_entry-ret-code.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree

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Subject: Sky Cpu and Nexus: check for create_proc_entry ret code
From: Cyrill Gorcunov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Adds checking of create_proc_entry call to prevent possible NULL pointer
usage.

Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Kumar Gala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Brian Waite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---

 drivers/misc/hdpuftrs/hdpu_nexus.c |   14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -puN 
drivers/misc/hdpuftrs/hdpu_nexus.c~sky-cpu-and-nexus-check-for-create_proc_entry-ret-code
 drivers/misc/hdpuftrs/hdpu_nexus.c
--- 
a/drivers/misc/hdpuftrs/hdpu_nexus.c~sky-cpu-and-nexus-check-for-create_proc_entry-ret-code
+++ a/drivers/misc/hdpuftrs/hdpu_nexus.c
@@ -78,10 +78,20 @@ static int hdpu_nexus_probe(struct platf
        }
 
        hdpu_slot_id = create_proc_entry("sky_slot_id", 0666, &proc_root);
-       hdpu_slot_id->read_proc = hdpu_slot_id_read;
+       if (!hdpu_slot_id) {
+               printk(KERN_WARNING "sky_nexus: "
+                      "Unable to create proc dir entry: sky_slot_id\n");
+       } else {
+               hdpu_slot_id->read_proc = hdpu_slot_id_read;
+       }
 
        hdpu_chassis_id = create_proc_entry("sky_chassis_id", 0666, &proc_root);
-       hdpu_chassis_id->read_proc = hdpu_chassis_id_read;
+       if (!hdpu_chassis_id) {
+               printk(KERN_WARNING "sky_nexus: "
+                      "Unable to create proc dir entry: sky_chassis_id\n");
+       } else {
+               hdpu_chassis_id->read_proc = hdpu_chassis_id_read;
+       }
 
        return 0;
 }
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from [EMAIL PROTECTED] are

git-cifs.patch
git-powerpc.patch
udf-code-style-fixup-v3.patch

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