Thanks Dave. You are right that xfs_trans_read_buf_map() is initializing it but xfs_imap_to_bp() being in the middle spoils it by passing its own local bp. --Shyam -----Original Message----- From: Dave Chinner [mailto:david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 13 April 2016 02:46 To: Shyam Kaushik Cc: xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfs: Abort intent log item in xfs_iflush() upon error to get buf On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 11:10:13PM +0530, Shyam Kaushik wrote: > Hi Dave, > > Your patch needs a minor correction. > > At start of xfs_iflush() either we must initialize "bp = NULL" or else > xfs_imap_to_bp() when it hits an error need to set "*bpp = NULL". > Otherwise with your patch we are having an uninitialized bp that > corrupt_out is trying to do xfs_buf_relse(). Ok, I'll check that - I thought that xfs_trans_buf_read_map() was initialising it to zero appropriately, but obviously I missed something. Thanks for testing! Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs