There is otherwise a risk of a possible null pointer dereference. Was largely found by using a static code analysis program called cppcheck.
Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqv...@spectrumdigital.se> --- fs/ntfs/file.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ntfs/file.c b/fs/ntfs/file.c index db9bd8a..99394b4 100644 --- a/fs/ntfs/file.c +++ b/fs/ntfs/file.c @@ -308,10 +308,11 @@ do_non_resident_extend: BUG_ON(!a->non_resident); a->data.non_resident.initialized_size = cpu_to_sle64(new_init_size); done: - flush_dcache_mft_record_page(ctx->ntfs_ino); - mark_mft_record_dirty(ctx->ntfs_ino); - if (ctx) + if (ctx) { + flush_dcache_mft_record_page(ctx->ntfs_ino); + mark_mft_record_dirty(ctx->ntfs_ino); ntfs_attr_put_search_ctx(ctx); + } if (m) unmap_mft_record(base_ni); ntfs_debug("Done, initialized_size 0x%llx, i_size 0x%llx.", -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/