The following null pointer check is broken.
*option = match_strdup(args);
return !option;
The pointer `option' must be non-null, and thus `!option' is always false.
Use `!*option' instead.
The bug was introduced in commit
c5cb09b6f8 ("Cleanup: Factor out some
cut-and-paste code.").
Signed-off-by: Xi Wang <xi.wang@gmail.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
{
kfree(*option);
*option = match_strdup(args);
- return !option;
+ return !*option;
}
static int nfs_get_option_ul(substring_t args[], unsigned long *option)