The patch titled null dereference in fs/jbd/journal.c has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename is null-dereference-in-fs-jbd-journalc.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: null dereference in fs/jbd/journal.c From: Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@xxxxxx> Since commit d1807793e1e7e502e3dc047115e9dbc3b50e4534 we dereference a NULL pointer. Coverity id #1432. We set journal to NULL, and use it directly afterwards. Signed-off-by: Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- fs/jbd/journal.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN fs/jbd/journal.c~null-dereference-in-fs-jbd-journalc fs/jbd/journal.c --- a/fs/jbd/journal.c~null-dereference-in-fs-jbd-journalc +++ a/fs/jbd/journal.c @@ -725,6 +725,7 @@ journal_t * journal_init_dev(struct bloc __FUNCTION__); kfree(journal); journal = NULL; + goto out; } journal->j_dev = bdev; journal->j_fs_dev = fs_dev; @@ -735,7 +736,7 @@ journal_t * journal_init_dev(struct bloc J_ASSERT(bh != NULL); journal->j_sb_buffer = bh; journal->j_superblock = (journal_superblock_t *)bh->b_data; - +out: return journal; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from snakebyte@xxxxxx are origin.patch null-dereference-in-fs-jbd2-journalc.patch remove-unnecessary-check-in-drivers-video-intelfb-intelfbhwc.patch git-netdev-all.patch off-by-one-in-arch-ppc-platforms-mpc8.patch remove-unnecessary-check-in-drivers-scsi-sgc.patch dereference-in-drivers-scsi-lpfc-lpfc_ctc.patch memory-leak-in-drivers-usb-serial-airprimec.patch possible-dereference-in-drivers-net-wireless-zd1201c.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