Re: [PATCH] autofs4 - panic after mount fail

From: David Howells
Date: Mon Nov 13 2006 - 06:09:46 EST


Ian Kent <raven@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> - if (sbi->pipe) {
> - fput(sbi->pipe); /* Close the pipe */
> - sbi->pipe = NULL;
> - }
> + fput(sbi->pipe); /* Close the pipe */
> + sbi->pipe = NULL;

Ummm... Is that right? fput() doesn't check its argument for a NULL pointer,
so the original code shouldn't hurt and should give you an extra bit of
defense.

Other than that, it looks reasonable.

David
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