mirror->mirror_ds can be NULL if uninitialised, but can contain a PTR_ERR() if call to GETDEVICEINFO failed. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c index 19f856f45689..3eda40a320a5 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c +++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c @@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ int ff_layout_track_ds_error(struct nfs4_flexfile_layout *flo, if (status == 0) return 0; - if (mirror->mirror_ds == NULL) + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(mirror->mirror_ds)) return -EINVAL; dserr = kmalloc(sizeof(*dserr), gfp_flags); -- 2.21.0