Re: Is a NULL check missing in nfs_lookup?

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yes, you're writing a stackable file system (the cs.sunysb gives that
away) and have run a lookup_one_len() on a nfs mounted file system and
that means nd is null.

Erez's group is trying to fix that situation so the intents can be
passed correctly.

On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 19:00 -0500, Chaitanya Patti wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> In the function nfs_lookup in nfs/dir.c , the following line (line # 926):
> 
> error = nfs_reval_fsid(nd->mnt, dir, &fhandle, &fattr);
> 
> uses `nd' without having checked if it is NULL.
> 
> Is this correct?
> 
> This is in kernel version 2.6.19.1
> 
> Can someone check this ?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chaitanya.
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