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

From: Al Viro
Date: Tue May 24 2016 - 14:37:11 EST


On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 04:59:02PM +0100, Al Viro wrote:

> Umm... Any chance of getting the function names to go with the addresses?
> I'll try to reproduce it here, but the things would be easier with that
> information...

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;