It should return NULL, otherwise the caller will be very surprised. Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/filemap.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c index 518223b..ca98cb5 100644 --- a/mm/filemap.c +++ b/mm/filemap.c @@ -693,6 +693,7 @@ repeat: * here as an exceptional entry: so return it without * attempting to raise page count. */ + page = NULL; goto out; } if (!page_cache_get_speculative(page)) -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>