On Mon, 2013-02-25 at 03:53 +0530, Syam Sidhardhan wrote: > Check for cred == NULL has to be done before accessing cred. > > Signed-off-by: Syam Sidhardhan <s.syam@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > net/sunrpc/auth.c | 7 +++++-- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth.c b/net/sunrpc/auth.c > index f529404..18678a6 100644 > --- a/net/sunrpc/auth.c > +++ b/net/sunrpc/auth.c > @@ -695,10 +695,13 @@ rpcauth_invalcred(struct rpc_task *task) > { > struct rpc_cred *cred = task->tk_rqstp->rq_cred; > > + if (cred == NULL) > + return; > + > dprintk("RPC: %5u invalidating %s cred %p\n", > task->tk_pid, cred->cr_auth->au_ops->au_name, cred); > - if (cred) > - clear_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE, &cred->cr_flags); > + > + clear_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE, &cred->cr_flags); > } > > int Do we need that check at all? -- Trond Myklebust Linux NFS client maintainer NetApp Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx www.netapp.com -- 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