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GFS2: Fix possible null pointer deref in gfs2_rs_alloc 

Despite the return value from kmem_cache_zalloc() being checked, the
error wasn't being returned until after a possible null pointer
dereference. This patch returns the error immediately, allowing the
removal of the error variable.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Price <anprice@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
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Andrew Price 2012-10-12 16:45:09 +01:00 committed by Steven Whitehouse
parent aaaf68c562
commit cd0ed19fb6
1 changed files with 2 additions and 3 deletions
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@ -553,7 +553,6 @@ void gfs2_free_clones(struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgd)
*/
int gfs2_rs_alloc(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
{
int error = 0;
struct gfs2_blkreserv *res;
if (ip->i_res)
@ -561,7 +560,7 @@ int gfs2_rs_alloc(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
res = kmem_cache_zalloc(gfs2_rsrv_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
if (!res)
error = -ENOMEM;
return -ENOMEM;
RB_CLEAR_NODE(&res->rs_node);
@ -571,7 +570,7 @@ int gfs2_rs_alloc(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
else
ip->i_res = res;
up_write(&ip->i_rw_mutex);
return error;
return 0;
}
static void dump_rs(struct seq_file *seq, const struct gfs2_blkreserv *rs)