Hello, igrab return NULL on error. Signed-off-by: Yan Zheng<yanzheng@xxxxxxxx> --- diff -ur linux-2.6.23-rc8/fs/anon_inodes.c linux/fs/anon_inodes.c --- linux-2.6.23-rc8/fs/anon_inodes.c 2007-09-27 10:05:07.000000000 +0800 +++ linux/fs/anon_inodes.c 2007-09-27 10:18:26.000000000 +0800 @@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ return -ENFILE; inode = igrab(anon_inode_inode); - if (IS_ERR(inode)) { - error = PTR_ERR(inode); + if (!inode) { + error = -ENOENT; goto err_put_filp; } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html