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Re: [PATCH 11/11] xfsprogs: xfs_repair: fix possible null pointer derefe

To: Vivek Trivedi <t.vivek@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/11] xfsprogs: xfs_repair: fix possible null pointer dereference in mark_standalone_inodes
From: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 17:34:08 +1100
Cc: xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx, a.sahrawat@xxxxxxxxxxx, pankaj.m@xxxxxxxxxxx
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On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 04:49:27PM +0530, Vivek Trivedi wrote:
> Fix possible null pointer dereference in mark_standalone_inodes by
> rearranging and adding ASSERT for null irec.
> Reported by coverity.

Makes no difference if we assert fail or segv, it's the same result.
Hence I don't see any point in adding asserts like this - we don't
do it for the kernel code because it's just noise and it's
essentially the same here...

Just tell coverity to ignore this warnings...

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
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