linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2] ext4: missing !bh check in ext4_xattr_inode

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Date:   Thu, 8 Nov 2018 09:54:29 -0500
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Vasily Averin <vvs@...tuozzo.com>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ext4: missing !bh check in ext4_xattr_inode_write()

On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 09:46:30AM +0300, Vasily Averin wrote:
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
> index 0b9688683526..415f73d4c9e6 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
> @@ -1384,6 +1384,12 @@ static int ext4_xattr_inode_write(handle_t *handle, struct inode *ea_inode,
>  		bh = ext4_getblk(handle, ea_inode, block, 0);
>  		if (IS_ERR(bh))
>  			return PTR_ERR(bh);
> +		if (!bh) {
> +			WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
> +			__ext4_error_inode(ea_inode, __func__, __LINE__, 0,
> +					   "ext4_getblk() return bh = NULL");

You should use EXT4_ERROR_INODE(), defined in ext4.h, not
__ext4_error_inode().  That way you don't need to explicitly specify
__func__ and __LINE__, and we the compiler will correctly do printf
format checking even when CONFIG_PRINTK is not set.

						- Ted