d_splice_alias() can return a valid dentry, NULL or an ERR_PTR. Currently the code checks not for ERR_PTR. Fix this by using IS_ERR_OR_NULL(). Cc: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx> --- fs/fat/namei_vfat.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c index 6df8d3d..8f93464 100644 --- a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c +++ b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c @@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ out: mutex_unlock(&MSDOS_SB(sb)->s_lock); dentry->d_time = dentry->d_parent->d_inode->i_version; dentry = d_splice_alias(inode, dentry); - if (dentry) + if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dentry)) dentry->d_time = dentry->d_parent->d_inode->i_version; return dentry; -- 2.1.0 -- 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