From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755101AbWKLNRq (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Nov 2006 08:17:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755103AbWKLNRq (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Nov 2006 08:17:46 -0500 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:15367 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1755100AbWKLNRp (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Nov 2006 08:17:45 -0500 Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 14:17:48 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [RFC: 2.6 patch] include/linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h: fix a NULL Message-ID: <20061112131748.GI25057@stusta.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org dereference Reply-To: Fcc: =sent-mail When we know fhp->fh_dentry is NULL, a code path where it's being dereferenced isn't a good choice. Spotted by the coverity checker. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk --- linux-2.6/include/linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h.old 2006-11-12 14:13:34.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h 2006-11-12 14:13:49.000000000 +0100 @@ -330,8 +330,7 @@ fh_unlock(struct svc_fh *fhp) { if (!fhp->fh_dentry) printk(KERN_ERR "fh_unlock: fh not verified!\n"); - - if (fhp->fh_locked) { + else if (fhp->fh_locked) { fill_post_wcc(fhp); mutex_unlock(&fhp->fh_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex); fhp->fh_locked = 0;