The patch titled
reiser4: fixed null pointer dereference
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reiser4-fixed-null-pointer-dereference.patch
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Subject: reiser4: fixed null pointer dereference
From: Johannes Buchner <buchner.johannes@xxxxxx>
The parameter wbc=NULL caused a NULL pointer dereference in
reiser4_sync_inodes. This issue was introduced in patch
reiser4-vfs-add-super_operationssync_inodes
Cc: Edward Shishkin <edward.shishkin@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/reiser4/super_ops.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN fs/reiser4/super_ops.c~reiser4-fixed-null-pointer-dereference fs/reiser4/super_ops.c
--- a/fs/reiser4/super_ops.c~reiser4-fixed-null-pointer-dereference
+++ a/fs/reiser4/super_ops.c
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ static void reiser4_sync_inodes(struct s
reiser4_context *ctx;
long to_write;
- if (wbc->for_kupdate)
+ if (wbc == NULL || wbc->for_kupdate)
/* reiser4 has its own means of periodical write-out */
return;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from buchner.johannes@xxxxxx are
reiser4-some-changes-from-reiser4-2631-patch.patch
reiser4-some-comments-were-still-mentioning-pdflush.patch
reiser4-generic_sync_sb_inodes-doesnt-exist-anymore.patch
reiser4-fixed-null-pointer-dereference.patch
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