linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xfs:trigger a-NULL-pointer-problem

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Message-ID: <ZnZYzI1P1b8ohTw1@infradead.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 21:53:32 -0700
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To: shaozongfan <shaozongfan@...inos.cn>
Cc: hch@...radead.org, chandan.babu@...cle.com, djwong@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfs:trigger a-NULL-pointer-problem

On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 02:34:53PM +0800, shaozongfan wrote:
> +	if (xfs_params.fstrm_timer.val == 2666)
> +		dp->i_df.if_u1.if_root = NULL;

So what sets if_root to NULL in the original report?  We'll need to
fix that and not work around by things that just change timing.