[patch] pipe: Don't oops when pipe filesystem isn't mounted

From: Chuck Ebbert
Date: Mon Dec 11 2006 - 03:34:01 EST


Prevent oops when an app tries to create a pipe while pipefs
is not mounted.

Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

--- 2.6.19.1-pre1-32.orig/fs/pipe.c
+++ 2.6.19.1-pre1-32/fs/pipe.c
@@ -839,9 +839,11 @@ static struct dentry_operations pipefs_d

static struct inode * get_pipe_inode(void)
{
- struct inode *inode = new_inode(pipe_mnt->mnt_sb);
+ struct inode *inode = NULL;
struct pipe_inode_info *pipe;

+ if (pipe_mnt)
+ inode = new_inode(pipe_mnt->mnt_sb);
if (!inode)
goto fail_inode;

--
Chuck
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