[PATCH] mtd: mkfs.ubifs: Improve error handling of is_contained()

[Artem Bityutskiy]

On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 13:51 +0200, Marcus Prebble wrote:
> mtd: mtd-utils/mkfs.ubifs: Improve error handling of is_contained()
> 
> The is_contained() function returns -1 if an error occurs when
> canonicalizing the output file path/root directory. This resulted in the
> confusing error message 'Error: The output file cannot be in the UBIFS
> root' when specifying a non-existent directory for the output.
> This patch changes the error handling to display a different error
> message for the case when is_contained() returns -1.
> Additionally it frees all memory allocated by is_contained().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marcus Prebble <marcus.prebble at axis.com>

Pushed to mtd-utils.git, thanks!

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy
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