This patch avoids an Oops in open_xa_root that can occur when deleting a file with xattrs disabled. It assumes that the xattr root will be there, and that is not guaranteed. Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney --- fs/reiserfs/super.c | 2 -- fs/reiserfs/xattr.c | 4 +++- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c +++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c @@ -448,13 +448,11 @@ int remove_save_link(struct inode *inode static void reiserfs_kill_sb(struct super_block *s) { if (REISERFS_SB(s)) { -#ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR if (REISERFS_SB(s)->xattr_root) { d_invalidate(REISERFS_SB(s)->xattr_root); dput(REISERFS_SB(s)->xattr_root); REISERFS_SB(s)->xattr_root = NULL; } -#endif if (REISERFS_SB(s)->priv_root) { d_invalidate(REISERFS_SB(s)->priv_root); dput(REISERFS_SB(s)->priv_root); --- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c +++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c @@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ static struct dentry *open_xa_root(struc mutex_lock_nested(&privroot->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_XATTR); xaroot = dget(REISERFS_SB(sb)->xattr_root); - if (!xaroot->d_inode) { + if (!xaroot) + xaroot = ERR_PTR(-ENODATA); + else if (!xaroot->d_inode) { int err = -ENODATA; if (xattr_may_create(flags)) err = xattr_mkdir(privroot->d_inode, xaroot, 0700); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/