linux-kernel - [PATCH] bcache: Fix a null ptr deref regression

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Date:	Thu, 10 Oct 2013 17:31:15 -0700
From:	Kent Overstreet <kmo@...erainc.com>
To:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, axboe@...nel.dk
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org,
	Kent Overstreet <kmo@...erainc.com>
Subject: [PATCH] bcache: Fix a null ptr deref regression

c0f04d8 was fixing a reported data corruption bug, but it seems some
last minute refactoring or rebasing introduced a null pointer deref.

Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <kmo@...erainc.com>
Cc: linux-stable <stable@...r.kernel.org> # >= v3.10
Reported-by: Gabriel de Perthuis <g2p.code@...il.com>
---
 drivers/md/bcache/request.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
index 71eb233..b6a74bc 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
@@ -996,6 +996,7 @@ static void request_write(struct cached_dev *dc, struct search *s)
 		closure_bio_submit(bio, cl, s->d);
 	} else {
 		bch_writeback_add(dc);
+		s->op.cache_bio = bio;
 
 		if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_FLUSH) {
 			/* Also need to send a flush to the backing device */
@@ -1008,8 +1009,6 @@ static void request_write(struct cached_dev *dc, struct search *s)
 			flush->bi_private = cl;
 
 			closure_bio_submit(flush, cl, s->d);
-		} else {
-			s->op.cache_bio = bio;
 		}
 	}
 out:
-- 
1.8.4.rc3

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