linux-kernel - Re: isofs oops - d_splice_alias+0x1f (2.6.24-rc5-mm1)

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Message-ID: <20080103141405.GV27894@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 3 Jan 2008 14:14:05 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Pekka J Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: isofs oops - d_splice_alias+0x1f (2.6.24-rc5-mm1)

On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 03:11:20PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> and there are about 5 other callsites as well that only check for a NULL 
> return.

... except that this is *not* getting NULL or make_bad_inode(); that's
getting ERR_PTR(), which can't happen in mainline.  So that looks like
an -mm patch changing calling conventions and not updating callers...
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