changes from v1: Now checking fid instead of filp. There are situations in VFS where we endup calling v9fs_dir_release() before even we instantiate the fid in filp. Hence the check. Signed-off-by: Venkateswararao Jujjuri <jvrao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/9p/vfs_dir.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c index 16c8a2a..5b01842 100644 --- a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c +++ b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c @@ -291,6 +291,8 @@ int v9fs_dir_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) struct p9_fid *fid; fid = filp->private_data; + if (!fid) + return 0; P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "inode: %p filp: %p fid: %d\n", inode, filp, fid->fid); filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping); -- 1.6.5.2 -- 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