d_splice_alias() can return a valid dentry, NULL or an ERR_PTR. Currently the code checks not for ERR_PTR and my oops in ocfs2_dentry_attach_lock(). Fix this by using IS_ERR_OR_NULL().
Cc: Mark Fasheh <[email protected]> Cc: Joel Becker <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <[email protected]> --- fs/ocfs2/namei.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c index 8add6f1..b931e04 100644 --- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c +++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ bail_add: * NOTE: This dentry already has ->d_op set from * ocfs2_get_parent() and ocfs2_get_dentry() */ - if (ret) + if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ret)) dentry = ret; status = ocfs2_dentry_attach_lock(dentry, inode, -- 2.1.0 -- 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/
