# Re: \[PATCH 10/10\] Avoid dereferencing bd\_disk during swap\_entry\_free for network storage

- From: Christoph Hellwig \<hch@infradead.org\>
- Date: 2011-09-09 13:03:02 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2011/09/3762271
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-mm/2011/09/3762212/t.md

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On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 12:00:54PM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> Commit [b3a27d: swap: Add swap slot free callback to
> block_device_operations] dereferences p->bdev->bd_disk but this is a
> NULL dereference if using swap-over-NFS. This patch checks SWP_BLKDEV
> on the swap_info_struct before dereferencing.

Please just remove the callback entirely.  It has no user outside the
staging tree and was added clearly against the rules for that staging
tree.

(and it's butt ugly)

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