In this case, if bp is NULL, error is set, and we send a NULL bp to xfs_trans_brelse, which will try to dereference it. Test whether we actually have a buffer before we try to free it. Coverity spotted this. Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> --- diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c index 2c42ae2..fd82753 100644 --- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c +++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c @@ -2563,7 +2563,8 @@ xfs_da_get_buf( mapp, nmap, 0); error = bp ? bp->b_error : -EIO; if (error) { - xfs_trans_brelse(trans, bp); + if (bp) + xfs_trans_brelse(trans, bp); goto out_free; } _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs