[patch] cifs: update a check for NULL function pointer

Pavel Shilovsky pshilovsky at samba.org
Tue Aug 26 02:21:07 MDT 2014


2014-08-26 11:38 GMT+04:00 Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter at oracle.com>:
> We changed the function call from ->close() to ->close_dir() so we
> should update the test for NULL as well.
>
> Both of them probably work, but my static checker complains when we have
> a check for a NULL function pointer and then immediately call a
> different function pointer.  This is a common cut and paste error.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter at oracle.com>
>
> diff --git a/fs/cifs/readdir.c b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
> index 41e52e2..d2141f1 100644
> --- a/fs/cifs/readdir.c
> +++ b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
> @@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ find_cifs_entry(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, loff_t pos,
>                 if (server->ops->dir_needs_close(cfile)) {
>                         cfile->invalidHandle = true;
>                         spin_unlock(&cifs_file_list_lock);
> -                       if (server->ops->close)
> +                       if (server->ops->close_dir)
>                                 server->ops->close_dir(xid, tcon, &cfile->fid);
>                 } else
>                         spin_unlock(&cifs_file_list_lock);
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This looks right, thanks.

Dan, would you mind if I merge your code change as well as your
Signed-off-by line into the original patch "CIFS: Fix wrong restart
readdir for SMB1" since the latter hasn't been merged into the
mainline yet?

-- 
Best regards,
Pavel Shilovsky.


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