linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] ocfs2: Fix d_splice

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Date:	Sun, 19 Oct 2014 12:39:44 +0200
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
	Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@...e.com>,
	Joel Becker <jlbec@...lplan.org>, ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] ocfs2: Fix d_splice_alias() return code checking

d_splice_alias() can return a valid dentry, NULL or an ERR_PTR.
Currently the code checks not for ERR_PTR and my oops in
ocfs2_dentry_attach_lock().
Fix this by using IS_ERR_OR_NULL().

Cc: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@...e.com>
Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@...lplan.org>
Cc: ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
---
 fs/ocfs2/namei.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 8add6f1..b931e04 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ bail_add:
 		 * NOTE: This dentry already has ->d_op set from
 		 * ocfs2_get_parent() and ocfs2_get_dentry()
 		 */
-		if (ret)
+		if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ret))
 			dentry = ret;
 
 		status = ocfs2_dentry_attach_lock(dentry, inode,
-- 
2.1.0

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