Hello, When IOCB_FLAG_RESFD flag is set and iocb->aio_resfd is incorrect, statement 'goto out_put_req' is executed. At label 'out_put_req', aio_put_req(..) is called, which requires 'req->ki_filp' set. Regards Signed-off-by: Yan Zheng<yanzheng@xxxxxxxx> ---- diff -ur linux-2.6.23-rc9/fs/aio.c linux/fs/aio.c --- linux-2.6.23-rc9/fs/aio.c 2007-07-09 07:32:17.000000000 +0800 +++ linux/fs/aio.c 2007-10-07 00:05:10.000000000 +0800 @@ -1562,6 +1562,7 @@ fput(file); return -EAGAIN; } + req->ki_filp = file; if (iocb->aio_flags & IOCB_FLAG_RESFD) { /* * If the IOCB_FLAG_RESFD flag of aio_flags is set, get an @@ -1576,7 +1577,6 @@ } } - req->ki_filp = file; ret = put_user(req->ki_key, &user_iocb->aio_key); if (unlikely(ret)) { dprintk("EFAULT: aio_key\n"); - 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