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From: Joe Thornber <thornber@btconnect.com>
To: linux-lvm@sistina.com
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] lvcreate segfault in vg_setup_pointers_for_snapshots
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 12:05:03 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011004120503.A3373@btconnect.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0110041120590.14465-100000@dunlop.dub.ie.alphyra.com>; from paulj@alphyra.ie on Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 11:31:15AM +0100

On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 11:31:15AM +0100, Paul Jakma wrote:
> ok... looking at tools/lib/vg_setup_pointers_for_snapshots():
> 
>  if ( vg == NULL) goto vg_setup_pointers_for_snapshots_end;
>    for ( l = 0; l < vg->lv_max; l++) {
>       lv_t *lv_chain_ptr = vg->lv[l];
>       if ( lv_chain_ptr == NULL) continue;
>       if ( lv_chain_ptr->lv_access & LV_SNAPSHOT_ORG) {
> 
> isn't this a wee bit suspect? we test for NULL /after/ the assignment, 
> and continue anyway? next line deferences that pointer, irregardless 
> of the test for previously..

No, this snippet looks right to me.  How can we test before the assignment ?
If lv_chain_ptr is NULL the code then jumps back to the top of the 'for' loop.

- Joe

  reply	other threads:[~2001-10-04 11:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-10-03 15:30 [linux-lvm] lvcreate segfault in vg_setup_pointers_for_snapshots Paul Jakma
2001-10-03 18:22 ` Paul Jakma
2001-10-03 19:00   ` Paul Jakma
2001-10-03 19:12     ` svetljo
2001-10-03 19:30       ` Andreas Dilger
2001-10-03 19:40         ` svetljo
2001-10-03 19:52           ` Paul Jakma
2001-10-03 20:44             ` svetljo
2001-10-03 19:56         ` Paul Jakma
2001-10-04  0:45         ` Paul Jakma
2001-10-04  2:54           ` [linux-lvm] What have I done!? Jason A. Lixfeld
2001-10-04  3:06             ` Jason A. Lixfeld
2001-10-04  5:44             ` idsfa
2001-10-04 11:00               ` Jason A. Lixfeld
2001-10-04 11:24                 ` Jason A. Lixfeld
2001-10-04 17:33                   ` Andreas Dilger
2001-10-04 17:57                     ` Steven Lembark
2001-10-05  7:05                       ` Heinz J . Mauelshagen
2001-10-04  3:28           ` [linux-lvm] lvcreate segfault in vg_setup_pointers_for_snapshots Jason A. Lixfeld
2001-10-04  3:33             ` Andreas Dilger
2001-10-04  3:46               ` Jason A. Lixfeld
2001-10-04  6:04                 ` Andreas Dilger
2001-10-04  7:05                   ` Sean Burford
2001-10-04 10:31                   ` Paul Jakma
2001-10-04 11:05                     ` Joe Thornber [this message]
2001-10-04 14:51                       ` Paul Jakma
2001-10-04 11:38                   ` Jason A. Lixfeld
2001-10-04 14:01                     ` Jason A. Lixfeld
2001-10-04 14:23                       ` Jason A. Lixfeld
2001-10-04 15:57                         ` Jason A. Lixfeld
2001-10-04 20:12                           ` Goetz Bock

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