From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
To: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
Cc: neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au, nfs@lists.sourceforge.net,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [2.6 patch] include/linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h:fh_unlock(): change an error to a BUG_ON()
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:48:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061112174831.GD3382@stusta.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1163347127.6612.66.camel@lade.trondhjem.org>
On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 10:58:47AM -0500, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 14:17 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > 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 <bunk@stusta.de>
> >
> > --- 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;
> >
>
> This issue has come up on lkml before. Please just convert that check
> for fhp->fh_dentry into a BUG_ON().
Patch below.
> Trond
cu
Adrian
<-- snip -->
!fhp->fh_dentry is a condition that mustn't ever happen (and we might
run into additional trouble later).
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
--- linux-2.6/include/linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h.old 2006-11-12 18:37:43.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h 2006-11-12 18:38:03.000000000 +0100
@@ -328,8 +328,7 @@
static inline void
fh_unlock(struct svc_fh *fhp)
{
- if (!fhp->fh_dentry)
- printk(KERN_ERR "fh_unlock: fh not verified!\n");
+ BUG_ON(!fhp->fh_dentry);
if (fhp->fh_locked) {
fill_post_wcc(fhp);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-11-12 17:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-11-12 13:17 [RFC: 2.6 patch] include/linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h: fix a NULL Adrian Bunk
2006-11-12 15:58 ` [NFS] " Trond Myklebust
2006-11-12 17:48 ` Adrian Bunk [this message]
2006-11-13 4:52 ` [2.6 patch] include/linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h:fh_unlock(): change an error to a BUG_ON() Neil Brown
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