On Mon 15-04-19 12:58:06, Wenwen Wang wrote:
> In udf_lookup(), the pointer 'fi' is a local variable initialized by the
> return value of the function call udf_find_entry(). However, if the macro
> 'UDF_RECOVERY' is defined, this variable will become uninitialized if the
> else branch is not taken, which can potentially cause incorrect results in
> the following execution.
> 
> To fix this issue, this patch drops the whole code in the ifdef
> 'UDF_RECOVERY' region, as it is dead code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wenwen Wang <wang6...@umn.edu>

Thanks for the patch. I've added it to my tree.

                                                                Honza

> ---
>  fs/udf/namei.c | 15 ---------------
>  1 file changed, 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/udf/namei.c b/fs/udf/namei.c
> index 58cc241..77b6d89 100644
> --- a/fs/udf/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/udf/namei.c
> @@ -304,21 +304,6 @@ static struct dentry *udf_lookup(struct inode *dir, 
> struct dentry *dentry,
>       if (dentry->d_name.len > UDF_NAME_LEN)
>               return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
>  
> -#ifdef UDF_RECOVERY
> -     /* temporary shorthand for specifying files by inode number */
> -     if (!strncmp(dentry->d_name.name, ".B=", 3)) {
> -             struct kernel_lb_addr lb = {
> -                     .logicalBlockNum = 0,
> -                     .partitionReferenceNum =
> -                             simple_strtoul(dentry->d_name.name + 3,
> -                                             NULL, 0),
> -             };
> -             inode = udf_iget(dir->i_sb, lb);
> -             if (IS_ERR(inode))
> -                     return inode;
> -     } else
> -#endif /* UDF_RECOVERY */
> -
>       fi = udf_find_entry(dir, &dentry->d_name, &fibh, &cfi);
>       if (IS_ERR(fi))
>               return ERR_CAST(fi);
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <j...@suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR

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