[PATCH v2] fuse: Uninitialized variable in fuse_epoch_work()

Dan Carpenter posted 1 patch 1 week ago
fs/fuse/dir.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
[PATCH v2] fuse: Uninitialized variable in fuse_epoch_work()
Posted by Dan Carpenter 1 week ago
The fuse_ilookup() function only sets *fm on the success path so this
"if (fm) {" NULL check doesn't work.  The "fm" pointer is either
uninitialized or valid.  Check the "inode" pointer instead.

Also, while it's not necessary, it is cleaner to move the iput(inode)
under the NULL check as well.

Fixes: 64becd224ff9 ("fuse: new work queue to invalidate dentries from old epochs")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Luis Henriques <luis@igalia.com>
---
v2: Move the iput(inode) and re-word the commit message

 fs/fuse/dir.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 761f4a14dc95..73a46b0be09d 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -199,9 +199,8 @@ void fuse_epoch_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	down_read(&fc->killsb);
 
 	inode = fuse_ilookup(fc, FUSE_ROOT_ID, &fm);
-	iput(inode);
-
-	if (fm) {
+	if (inode) {
+		iput(inode);
 		/* Remove all possible active references to cached inodes */
 		shrink_dcache_sb(fm->sb);
 	} else
-- 
2.51.0
Re: [PATCH v2] fuse: Uninitialized variable in fuse_epoch_work()
Posted by Miklos Szeredi 5 days, 12 hours ago
On Mon, 24 Nov 2025 at 07:05, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org> wrote:
>
> The fuse_ilookup() function only sets *fm on the success path so this
> "if (fm) {" NULL check doesn't work.  The "fm" pointer is either
> uninitialized or valid.  Check the "inode" pointer instead.
>
> Also, while it's not necessary, it is cleaner to move the iput(inode)
> under the NULL check as well.
>
> Fixes: 64becd224ff9 ("fuse: new work queue to invalidate dentries from old epochs")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
> Reviewed-by: Luis Henriques <luis@igalia.com>

Applied, thanks.

Miklos