linux-ext4 - Re: e2fsprogs coverity patch <cid-05.diff>

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Date:	Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:34:38 -0400
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
To:	"Brian D. Behlendorf" <behlendorf1@...l.gov>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, adilger@...sterfs.com,
	wartens2@...l.gov
Subject: Re: e2fsprogs coverity patch <cid-05.diff>

On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 06:11:41PM -0800, Brian D. Behlendorf wrote:
> array is initially set to NULL, so it is possible that readdir() will return
> NULL and leave array set to NULL. Thus we do need to check if array is NULL or
> check if num != 0.
> 
> Coverity ID: 5: Forward NULL

This wasn't the only bug; it turns out that if /etc/e2fsck.conf or
/etc/mke2fs.conf is an empty directory, then your patch would fix this
segfault, only for it to segfault later in profile_init().  I'll fix
this before I commit.

					- Ted
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