From 6061cc5ef0e2118ca5a794d369c5edee1db1e50a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Kleikamp Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:09:35 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] [PATCH] null dereference in fs/jbd2/journal.c This is Eric Sesterhenn's jbd patch applied to jbd2. Commit: 8bd3a36920b4897904e82dbbc833760beb7e820e His words: Since commit 78c509790db5744efa1412e1b74c37eabc9282c5 we dereference a NULL pointer. Coverity id #1432. We set journal to NULL, and use it directly afterwards. Signed-off-by: Dave Kleikamp Cc: Eric Sesterhenn Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- fs/jbd2/journal.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c index 10db92ced0140..c60f378b0f767 100644 --- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c +++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c @@ -725,6 +725,7 @@ journal_t * jbd2_journal_init_dev(struct block_device *bdev, __FUNCTION__); kfree(journal); journal = NULL; + goto out; } journal->j_dev = bdev; journal->j_fs_dev = fs_dev; @@ -735,7 +736,7 @@ journal_t * jbd2_journal_init_dev(struct block_device *bdev, J_ASSERT(bh != NULL); journal->j_sb_buffer = bh; journal->j_superblock = (journal_superblock_t *)bh->b_data; - +out: return journal; } -- 2.39.5