Am Montag, 19. März 2007 10:22 schrieb Adrian Bunk: > void sysfs_drop_dentry(struct sysfs_dirent * sd, struct dentry * parent) > { > struct dentry * dentry = sd->s_dentry; > + struct inode *inode; > > if (dentry) { > spin_lock(&dcache_lock); > spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock); > if (!(d_unhashed(dentry) && dentry->d_inode)) { > + inode = dentry->d_inode; > + spin_lock(&inode->i_lock); > ... > > <-- snip --> > > If (!dentry->d_inode), then it's a NULL dereference.
As far as I can tell, sysfs being a virtual filesystem, does not use dentries without inodes associated. Regards Oliver - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/