linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.33.3-rt16 Oops caused by umount

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Date:	Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:52:45 -0500
From:	Xianghua Xiao <xiaoxianghua@...il.com>
To:	Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@...ia.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.33.3-rt16 Oops caused by umount

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Phil Carmody
<ext-phil.2.carmody@...ia.com> wrote:
> On 28/04/10 19:54 +0200, ext Xianghua Xiao wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
> ...
>> Thomas,
>> I patched it and re-run it however did not find any condition from
>> your patch had a hit.
>> In your patch I changed :
>>
>> if (!file->f_path) {
>> to
>> if(!(&(file->f_path))){
>> Otherwise it won't compile as f_path is a not a pointer.
>
> That check is completely bogus. The address of _anything_ (whose address
> can be taken) is _always_ non-null.
>
> Phil
>

Thomas,

I confirm that 2.6.33.3-rt15 worked fine, reboot/umount will not oops.

Thanks,
Xianghua
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