The patch titled dm table split_args: handle no input has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is dm-table-split_args-handle-no-input.patch See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: dm table split_args: handle no input From: David Teigland <teigland@xxxxxxxxxx> Return sense if dm_split_args is called with a NULL input parameter. Signed-off-by: David Teigland <teigland@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/dm-table.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff -puN drivers/md/dm-table.c~dm-table-split_args-handle-no-input drivers/md/dm-table.c --- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c~dm-table-split_args-handle-no-input +++ a/drivers/md/dm-table.c @@ -590,6 +590,12 @@ int dm_split_args(int *argc, char ***arg unsigned array_size = 0; *argc = 0; + + if (!input) { + *argvp = NULL; + return 0; + } + argv = realloc_argv(&array_size, argv); if (!argv) return -ENOMEM; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from teigland@xxxxxxxxxx are git-gfs2.patch dm-table-split_args-handle-no-input.patch dm-create-error-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