Re: fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c:xfs_readdir(): NULL variable dereferenced

[David Chinner <dgc@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 11:13:20PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> The Coverity checker spotted the following:
> 
> <--  snip  -->
> 
> ...
> STATIC int
> xfs_readdir(
>         bhv_desc_t      *dir_bdp,
>         uio_t           *uiop,
>         cred_t          *credp,
>         int             *eofp)
> {
>         xfs_inode_t     *dp;
>         xfs_trans_t     *tp = NULL;
>         int             error = 0;
>         uint            lock_mode;
> 
>         vn_trace_entry(BHV_TO_VNODE(dir_bdp), __FUNCTION__,
>                                                (inst_t *)__return_address);
>         dp = XFS_BHVTOI(dir_bdp);
> 
>         if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(dp->i_mount))
>                 return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
> 
>         lock_mode = xfs_ilock_map_shared(dp);
>         error = xfs_dir_getdents(tp, dp, uiop, eofp);
>         xfs_iunlock_map_shared(dp, lock_mode);
>         return error;
> }
> ...
> 
> <--  snip  -->
> 
> Note that tp is never assigned any value other than NULL (and the 
> Coverity checker found a way how tp might be dereferenced four function 
> calls later).

Then the bug is probably in the function call that uses tp without
first checking whether it's null. Can you tell us where that dereference
occurs?

Cheers,

Dave.

-- 
Dave Chinner
Principal Engineer
SGI Australian Software Group