On 11/08/2010 05:58 PM, Jeff Layton wrote: > Commit 13cfb7334e made cifs_ioctl use the tlink attached to the > cifsFileInfo for a filp. This ignores the case of an open directory > however, which in CIFS can have a NULL private_data until a readdir > is done on it. > > This patch re-adds the NULL pointer checks that were removed in commit > 50ae28f01 and moves the setting of tcon and "caps" variables lower. > > Long term, a better fix would be to establish a f_op->open routine for > directories that populates that field at open time, but that requires > some other changes to how readdir calls are handled. > > Reported-by: Kjell Rune Skaaraas <[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]> > --- > fs/cifs/ioctl.c | 12 ++++++++++-- > 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >
Looks correct to me and fixes the bug caused by my reproducer. (BTW, the file should be open with O_RDONLY in the reproducer to trigger the Oops) Reviewed-and-Tested-by: Suresh Jayaraman <[email protected]> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
