From: Tao Ma <boyu.mt@xxxxxxxxxx> For all the callers of dx_probe, frame_in is passed in uninitialized. So we should set frame->bh to NULL in the beginning of while, not the end. Otherwise, the first "goto fail2" will try to brelse(frame->bh) while frame->bh is still invalid. Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Tao Ma <boyu.mt@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/namei.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c index b754b77..86c5c69 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c @@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ dx_probe(const struct qstr *d_name, struct inode *dir, dxtrace(printk("Look up %x", hash)); while (1) { + frame->bh = NULL; count = dx_get_count(entries); if (!count || count > dx_get_limit(entries)) { ext4_warning(dir->i_sb, @@ -458,7 +459,6 @@ dx_probe(const struct qstr *d_name, struct inode *dir, goto fail2; } frame++; - frame->bh = NULL; } fail2: while (frame >= frame_in) { -- 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