linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nfs: avoid dereferencing null pointer in initiate_bulk

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Date:	Sat, 5 Jan 2013 19:29:20 +0000
From:	"Myklebust, Trond" <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
To:	Nickolai Zeldovich <nickolai@...il.mit.edu>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org" <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nfs: avoid dereferencing null pointer in
 initiate_bulk_draining

On Sat, 2013-01-05 at 14:19 -0500, Nickolai Zeldovich wrote:
> Fix an inverted null pointer check in initiate_bulk_draining().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nickolai Zeldovich <nickolai@...il.mit.edu>
> ---
>  fs/nfs/callback_proc.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/nfs/callback_proc.c b/fs/nfs/callback_proc.c
> index c89b26b..264d1aa 100644
> --- a/fs/nfs/callback_proc.c
> +++ b/fs/nfs/callback_proc.c
> @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static u32 initiate_bulk_draining(struct nfs_client *clp,
>  
>  		list_for_each_entry(lo, &server->layouts, plh_layouts) {
>  			ino = igrab(lo->plh_inode);
> -			if (ino)
> +			if (!ino)
>  				continue;
>  			spin_lock(&ino->i_lock);
>  			/* Is this layout in the process of being freed? */

Thanks for spotting. Applied to the 'bugfixes' branch.

-- 
Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer

NetApp
Trond.Myklebust@...app.com
www.netapp.com
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