[patch 2/2] cifs: dereferencing first then checking

[Dan Carpenter]

On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 04:22:50PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> Here's a respun patch that should fix these problems. I chickened out
> on removing the check in find_writable_file.
> 
> It still seems like a bogus cargo-cult sort of thing. It should
> probably be a BUG() if you call that function with a NULL pointer, but
> I don't feel like tackling that just yet.
> 
> Dan, does this look ok to you? If so, I'll resend to Steve as an
> "official" patch.
> 

Looks fine to me.  Obviously, I've already said that I don't know if the
checks are needed or not.  I defer to your greater knowledge.  ;)

regards,
dan carpenter