The patch titled ncpfs: fix wrong check in __ncp_ioctl() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ncpfs-fix-wrong-check-in-__ncp_ioctl.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: ncpfs: fix wrong check in __ncp_ioctl() From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx> We want to check for s_inode's existence, not inode's one (inode is always valid in this function). This takes care of the following entry from Dan's list: fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c +445 __ncp_ioctl(180) warning: variable derefenced before check 'inode' Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Petr Vandrovec <vandrove@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c~ncpfs-fix-wrong-check-in-__ncp_ioctl fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c --- a/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c~ncpfs-fix-wrong-check-in-__ncp_ioctl +++ a/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c @@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ static int __ncp_ioctl(struct inode *ino if (dentry) { struct inode* s_inode = dentry->d_inode; - if (inode) { + if (s_inode) { NCP_FINFO(s_inode)->volNumber = vnum; NCP_FINFO(s_inode)->dirEntNum = de; NCP_FINFO(s_inode)->DosDirNum = dosde; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx are origin.patch linux-next.patch ide-use-printk_once.patch maintainers-remove-dead-ncpfs-list.patch ncpfs-remove-dead-url-from-documentation.patch ncpfs-fix-wrong-check-in-__ncp_ioctl.patch cyclades-allow-overriding-isa-defaults-also-when-the-driver-is-built-in.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