d_path() returns an ERR_PTR and it doesn't return NULL. This is in ext4_error_file() and no one actually calls ext4_error_file(). Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c index 2614774..efaa27e 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ void ext4_error_file(struct file *file, const char *function, save_error_info(inode->i_sb, function, line); va_start(args, fmt); path = d_path(&(file->f_path), pathname, sizeof(pathname)); - if (!path) + if (IS_ERR(path)) path = "(unknown)"; printk(KERN_CRIT "EXT4-fs error (device %s): %s:%d: inode #%lu " -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html