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Date:	Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:27:00 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	swhiteho@...hat.com
Cc:	cluster-devel@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: 2.6 patch] fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c:fill_super_meta(): fix NULL dereference

Don't dereference new->s_root when we do know it's NULL.

Spotted by the Coverity checker.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>

--- linux-2.6/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c.old	2006-10-19 15:24:23.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c	2006-10-19 15:24:32.000000000 +0200
@@ -793,10 +793,10 @@ static int fill_super_meta(struct super_
 	if (!new->s_root) {
 		fs_err(sdp, "can't get root dentry\n");
 		error = -ENOMEM;
 		iput(inode);
-	}
-	new->s_root->d_op = &gfs2_dops;
+	} else
+		new->s_root->d_op = &gfs2_dops;
 
 	return error;
 }
 

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