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The afs_lookup trace event can cause the following:
[ 216.576777] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000023b
[ 216.576803] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[ 216.576813] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
...
[ 216.576913] RIP: 0010:trace_event_raw_event_afs_lookup+0x9e/0x1c0 [kafs]
If the inode from afs_do_lookup() is an error other than ENOENT, or if it
is ENOENT and afs_try_auto_mntpt() returns an error, the trace event will
try to dereference the error pointer as a valid pointer.
Use IS_ERR_OR_NULL to only pass a valid pointer for the trace, or NULL.
Ideally the trace would include the error value, but for now just avoid
the oops.
Fixes: 80548b0399 ("afs: Add more tracepoints")
Signed-off-by: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.