----- Original Message -----
> From: Rabin Vincent <rabinv@xxxxxxxx>
>
> If we hit a NULL next pointer on a struct list_head list it means the
> list is corrupted.
Yeah, that is true -- although it's always been this way and there's never
been a bug report. I'm curious as to what happened in your case where
you discovered this?
Dave
> ---
> tools.c | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools.c b/tools.c
> index 8190d7e..577820d 100644
> --- a/tools.c
> +++ b/tools.c
> @@ -3808,6 +3808,12 @@ do_list(struct list_data *ld)
> }
>
> if (next == 0) {
> + if (ld->flags & LIST_HEAD_FORMAT) {
> + error(INFO, "\ninvalid list entry: 0\n");
> + if (close_hq_on_return)
> + hq_close();
> + return -1;
> + }
> if (CRASHDEBUG(1))
> console("do_list end: next:%lx\n", next);
> break;
> --
> 2.7.0
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