From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 8e04fdfadda75a849c649f7e50fe7d97772e1fcb upstream.
mirror->mirror_ds can be NULL if uninitialised, but can contain
a PTR_ERR() if call to GETDEVICEINFO failed.
Fixes: 65990d1afbd2 ("pNFS/flexfiles: Fix a deadlock on LAYOUTGET")
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 4.10+
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ int ff_layout_track_ds_error(struct nfs4
if (status == 0)
return 0;
- if (mirror->mirror_ds == NULL)
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(mirror->mirror_ds))
return -EINVAL;
dserr = kmalloc(sizeof(*dserr), gfp_flags);
