The patch titled drivers/md/raid6algos.c: fix a NULL dereference has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is drivers-md-raid6algosc-fix-a-null-dereference.patch See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx> This patch fixes a NULL dereference spotted by the Coverity checker. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/raid6algos.c | 7 +++---- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/md/raid6algos.c~drivers-md-raid6algosc-fix-a-null-dereference drivers/md/raid6algos.c --- 25/drivers/md/raid6algos.c~drivers-md-raid6algosc-fix-a-null-dereference Mon May 8 12:23:05 2006 +++ 25-akpm/drivers/md/raid6algos.c Mon May 8 12:23:05 2006 @@ -139,15 +139,14 @@ int __init raid6_select_algo(void) } } - if ( best ) + if (best) { printk("raid6: using algorithm %s (%ld MB/s)\n", best->name, (bestperf*HZ) >> (20-16+RAID6_TIME_JIFFIES_LG2)); - else + raid6_call = *best; + } else printk("raid6: Yikes! No algorithm found!\n"); - raid6_call = *best; - free_pages((unsigned long)syndromes, 1); return best ? 0 : -EINVAL; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from bunk@xxxxxxxxx are origin.patch fs-openc-unexport-sys_openat.patch git-acpi.patch acpiphp-use-new-dock-driver-fix.patch drivers-base-firmware_classc-cleanups.patch git-dvb.patch git-gfs2.patch git-intelfb.patch drivers-char-hw_randomc-remove-asserts.patch git-nfs.patch git-ocfs2.patch gregkh-pci-acpiphp-configure-_prt-v3-cleanup.patch git-scsi-rc-fixes.patch drivers-scsi-aic7xxx-possible-cleanups.patch drivers-scsi-small-cleanups.patch drivers-scsi-megaraidc-add-a-dummy-mega_create_proc_entry-for-proc_fs=y.patch drivers-scsi-gdthc-make-__gdth_execute-static.patch drivers-scsi-qla2xxx-make-some-functions-static.patch drivers-scsi-aic7xxx-aic79xx_corec-make-ahd_done_with_status-static.patch remove-drivers-scsi-constantscscsi_print_req_sense.patch drivers-scsi-aic7xxx-aic79xx_corec-make-ahd_match_scb-static.patch drivers-scsi-aic7xxx-possible-cleanups-2.patch ieee80211_wxc-remove-dead-code.patch swsusp-rework-memory-shrinker-rev-2-fix.patch acx1xx-wireless-driver.patch arch-i386-kernel-apicc-make-modern_apic-static.patch kernel-power-snapshotc-cleanups.patch remove-fs-jffs2-ioctlc.patch fs-locksc-make-posix_locks_deadlock-static.patch remove-config_parport_arc-drivers-parport-parport_arcc.patch fs-fat-miscc-unexport-fat_sync_bhs.patch the-scheduled-unexport-of-insert_resource.patch fs-bufferc-possible-cleanups.patch drivers-md-raid6algosc-fix-a-null-dereference.patch time-i386-clocksource-drivers.patch reiser4.patch fs-reiser4-misc-cleanups.patch fbdev-cleanup-the-config_video_select-mess.patch fbdev-remove-duplicate-includes.patch md-make-md_print_devices-static.patch nmi-lockup-and-altsysrq-p-dumping-calltraces-on-_all_-cpus.patch slab-cache-shrinker-statistics.patch i386-enable-4k-stacks-by-default.patch mutex-subsystem-synchro-test-module.patch drivers-char-ipmi-ipmi_msghandlerc-make-proc_ipmi_root-static.patch drivers-message-i2o-iopc-unexport-i2o_msg_nop.patch x86_64-unexport-ia32_sys_call_table.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html