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

From: Hillf Danton
Date: Thu May 26 2016 - 03:52:01 EST


> > 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;
--