we use base before checking if it is NULL Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/fs.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/fs.c b/fs/fs.c index 42fd63ad0..625ed10b7 100644 --- a/fs/fs.c +++ b/fs/fs.c @@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ static struct dentry *__lookup_hash(const struct qstr *name, { struct dentry *dentry; struct dentry *old; - struct inode *dir = base->d_inode; + struct inode *dir; if (!base) return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT); @@ -1539,6 +1539,7 @@ static struct dentry *__lookup_hash(const struct qstr *name, if (unlikely(!dentry)) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); + dir = base->d_inode; old = dir->i_op->lookup(dir, dentry, flags); if (IS_ERR(old)) { dput(dentry); -- 2.17.1 _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox