linux-kernel - [072/111] Btrfs: check return value of open_bdev

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Date:	Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:54:53 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Josef Bacik <josef@...hat.com>,
	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>,
	Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@...e.com>
Subject: [072/111] Btrfs: check return value of open_bdev_exclusive properly

2.6.32-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

------------------

From: Josef Bacik <josef@...hat.com>

commit 7f59203abeaf18bf3497b308891f95a4489810ad upstream.

Hit this problem while testing RAID1 failure stuff.  open_bdev_exclusive
returns ERR_PTR(), not NULL.  So change the return value properly.  This
is important if you accidently specify a device that doesn't exist when
trying to add a new device to an array, you will panic the box
dereferencing bdev.

Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@...e.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 fs/btrfs/volumes.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -1434,8 +1434,8 @@ int btrfs_init_new_device(struct btrfs_r
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	bdev = open_bdev_exclusive(device_path, 0, root->fs_info->bdev_holder);
-	if (!bdev)
-		return -EIO;
+	if (IS_ERR(bdev))
+		return PTR_ERR(bdev);
 
 	if (root->fs_info->fs_devices->seeding) {
 		seeding_dev = 1;


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