On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:27:06 -0700, "Venkateswararao Jujjuri (JV)" <jvrao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Signed-off-by: Venkateswararao Jujjuri <jvrao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > net/9p/client.c | 6 ++++++ > 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/net/9p/client.c b/net/9p/client.c > index dc6f2f2..aa7be29 100644 > --- a/net/9p/client.c > +++ b/net/9p/client.c > @@ -1201,6 +1201,12 @@ int p9_client_clunk(struct p9_fid *fid) > struct p9_client *clnt; > struct p9_req_t *req; > > + if (!fid) { > + P9_EPRINTK(KERN_WARNING, "Trying to clunk with NULL fid\n"); > + dump_stack(); > + return 0; > + } > + > P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_9P, ">>> TCLUNK fid %d\n", fid->fid); > err = 0; > clnt = fid->clnt; But why ? We should not have called clunk on null fid. Do you see any area of code that can do this ? Or is it a debug patch that you did when developing other features. In case of later do we need to merge this upstream ? -aneesh -- 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