Re: can't boot with reiserfs on linux-4.6.0+

[Hillf Danton]

> > See if this fixes your reproducer.
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
> > index b11945e..49b8eab 100644
> > --- a/fs/xattr.c
> > +++ b/fs/xattr.c
> > @@ -667,6 +667,9 @@ xattr_resolve_name(const struct xattr_handler **handlers, const char **name)
> >  {
> >         const struct xattr_handler *handler;
> >
> > +       if (!handlers)
> > +               return NULL;
> > +
> >         if (!*name)
> >                 return NULL;
> >
> 
> Tried, but doesn't work.
> 
See if this fixes your reproducer.

--- linux-4.6/fs/xattr.c	Mon May 16 06:43:13 2016
+++ b/fs/xattr.c	Thu May 26 15:36:14 2016
@@ -667,8 +667,8 @@ xattr_resolve_name(const struct xattr_ha
 {
 	const struct xattr_handler *handler;
 
-	if (!*name)
-		return NULL;
+	if (!handlers || !*name)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
 	for_each_xattr_handler(handlers, handler) {
 		const char *n;
--