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From: Mark Tinguely <tinguely@sgi.com>
To: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfs_quota: correctly initialise the default path
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:15:25 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50A7FE6D.6050206@sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1353028488-24436-1-git-send-email-david@fromorbit.com>

On 11/15/12 19:14, Dave Chinner wrote:
> From: Dave Chinner<dchinner@redhat.com>
>
> When we initial xfs_quota, we place lots of information into the
> fs_table. This includes all the devices/mount points the user has
> specified as a global command line parameter to report on, as well
> as all the paths under project quota control.
>
> There is a "current path" pointer (fs_path) maintained by the code
> that points somewhere into the fs_table. After the table is
> initialised, fs_path always points to the last entry in the table,
> and hence has to be re-initialised to point at the desired entry
> before it can be used properly.

...

fun code read :)

>   	init_commands();
>   	add_args_command(init_args_command);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Ensure that global commands don't end up with an invalid path pointer
> +	 * by setting the default device at the first specified on the CLI
> +	 */
> +	if (argc != optind)
> +		fs_path = fs_table_lookup(argv[optind], FS_MOUNT_POINT);

fs_table_lookup() can return NULL - especially the way I type.


--Mark.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-11-17 21:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-16  1:14 [PATCH] xfs_quota: correctly initialise the default path Dave Chinner
2012-11-16  4:18 ` Eric Sandeen
2012-11-16  6:29   ` Dave Chinner
2012-11-17 21:15 ` Mark Tinguely [this message]
2012-11-20  3:41 ` Mark Tinguely

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