Hi, LINK: http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/fs/ext4/namei.c?v=3.18#L664 static struct dx_frame * 664 dx_probe(const struct qstr *d_name, struct inode *dir, 665 struct dx_hash_info *hinfo, struct dx_frame *frame_in) 666 { ... ... 690 if (d_name) 691 ext4fs_dirhash(d_name->name, d_name->len, hinfo); 692 hash = hinfo->hash; Wont 'hash' abve be un-initialized if 'd_name' is NULL OR is 'd_name' guaranteed to be not NULL in this call. Thanks, Pavi -- 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