linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] VFS: Add back check for !inode in walk

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Message-ID: <20150507180250.00e1ca3b@gandalf.local.home>
Date:	Thu, 7 May 2015 18:02:50 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] VFS: Add back check for !inode in walk_component()

On Thu, 7 May 2015 22:47:55 +0100
Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk> wrote:

> On Thu, May 07, 2015 at 03:33:21PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > On Thu, 7 May 2015 19:43:43 +0100
> > Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > > Actually, could you try the following on top of -rc2?
> > 
> > Gives me the following on boot up:
> 
> Gah...  Sorry, I'm an idiot - *path is left uninitialized in that
> case.  Fixed.  Could you see if that works?
> 

It booted. Now I'm running my tests on it. Seems to survive.

I'll reboot without it and see how long it takes to crash, and then
I'll make sure that it can survive at least 10x that time.

I may not report back till tomorrow (unless it crashes early).

-- Steve
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