[PATCH] Fix possible pointer dereference

2009-10-06 Thread Diego Calleja
We should always check btrfs_alloc_path(). Some places BUG(), others return -ENOMEM, btrfs_insert_dir_item() seems like it can return safely. Signed-off-by: Diego Calleja dieg...@gmail.com --- linux/fs/btrfs/dir-item.c.BAK 2009-10-06 19:00:48.887361896 +0200 +++ linux/fs/btrfs/dir-item.c

Re: [PATCH] Fix possible pointer dereference

2009-10-06 Thread Andi Kleen
Diego Calleja dieg...@gmail.com writes: We should always check btrfs_alloc_path(). Some places BUG(), others return -ENOMEM, btrfs_insert_dir_item() seems like it can return safely. The problem is that all the callers don't handle errors. It doesn't make sense to fix it low-level currently