Check return value of sb_getblk() is NULL. unlikely is addded here since it is called from a loop and we've been OK without the check until now. Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext3/inode.c | 6 ++++++ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c index ef1c23a..a7ac778 100644 --- a/fs/ext3/inode.c +++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c @@ -655,6 +655,12 @@ static int ext3_alloc_branch(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, * parent to disk. */ bh = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, new_blocks[n-1]); + if (unlikely(!bh)) { + n--; + err = -ENOMEM; + goto failed; + } + branch[n].bh = bh; lock_buffer(bh); BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "call get_create_access"); -- 1.7.0.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html