As soon as the nfs_client gets created, its cl_rpcclient is set to ERR_PTR(-EINVAL). The rpc client structure is allocated later. Check for the validity of cl_rpcclient before using it. Signed-off-by: Malahal Naineni <malahal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/client.c | 4 ++++ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfs/client.c b/fs/nfs/client.c index 5833fbb..ff79e72 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/client.c +++ b/fs/nfs/client.c @@ -1867,6 +1867,10 @@ static int nfs_server_list_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v) /* display one transport per line on subsequent lines */ clp = list_entry(v, struct nfs_client, cl_share_link); + /* Check if the rpc client is initialized */ + if (IS_ERR(clp->cl_rpcclient)) + return 0; + seq_printf(m, "v%u %s %s %3d %s\n", clp->rpc_ops->version, rpc_peeraddr2str(clp->cl_rpcclient, RPC_DISPLAY_HEX_ADDR), -- 1.7.0.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html