[Devel] [PATCH] fs: fix WARN on alloc_super() fail path

Vladimir Davydov vdavydov at parallels.com
Wed Dec 4 00:39:04 PST 2013


On fail path alloc_super() calls destroy_super(), which issues a warning
if list_empty() returns false on the s_mounts field. That said s_mounts
should be initialized in alloc_super() before any possible failure.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov at parallels.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro at zeniv.linux.org.uk>
---
 fs/super.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index e5f6c2c..cecd780 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ static struct super_block *alloc_super(struct file_system_type *type, int flags)
 	if (!s)
 		return NULL;
 
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&s->s_mounts);
+
 	if (security_sb_alloc(s))
 		goto fail;
 
@@ -188,7 +190,6 @@ static struct super_block *alloc_super(struct file_system_type *type, int flags)
 	if (list_lru_init(&s->s_inode_lru))
 		goto fail;
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&s->s_mounts);
 	init_rwsem(&s->s_umount);
 	lockdep_set_class(&s->s_umount, &type->s_umount_key);
 	/*
-- 
1.7.10.4




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