linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] kernfs: don't set dentry->d

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Date:   Tue, 23 May 2017 14:37:40 -0400
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Shaohua Li <shli@...com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, Kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] kernfs: don't set dentry->d_fsdata

Hello,

On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 03:53:08PM -0700, Shaohua Li wrote:
> +#define kernfs_dentry_node(d)  ((d_inode(d))->i_private)

This would oops on a negative dentry.  We need to test d_inode(d) for
NULL first.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun