The original code would oops if this were called from nfsd4_setattr() because "filpp" is NULL. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c index 9019e8e..e044d04 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c @@ -3083,9 +3083,10 @@ nfs4_preprocess_stateid_op(struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate, if (status) goto out; renew_client(dp->dl_client); - if (filpp) + if (filpp) { *filpp = find_readable_file(dp->dl_file); - BUG_ON(!*filpp); + BUG_ON(!*filpp); + } } else { /* open or lock stateid */ stp = find_stateid(stateid, flags); if (!stp) -- 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