On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 10:12:18PM +0300, Vasily Averin wrote: > Fixes dc6982ff4db1 ("ext4: refactor code to read directory blocks ...") # 3.9 > > Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin <vvs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/ext4/namei.c | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c > index d388cce72db2..1a21e59ede72 100644 > --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c > +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c > @@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ static struct buffer_head *__ext4_read_dirblock(struct inode *inode, > if (!bh) { > ext4_error_inode(inode, func, line, block, > "Directory hole found"); > + brelse(bh); > return ERR_PTR(-EFSCORRUPTED); > } > dirent = (struct ext4_dir_entry *) bh->b_data; Inside the conditional, bh == NULL, so the brelse isn't needed. Cheers, - Ted