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[PATCH 2/5] block: protect bdevname from null pointer bdev

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  [PATCH 2/5] block: protect bdevname from null pointer bdev Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@openvz.org> - 2017-04-06 14:10 +0200

#1617907 — [PATCH 2/5] block: protect bdevname from null pointer bdev

Some callers (usually error paths) call bdevname with null bdev.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@openvz.org>
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 block/partition-generic.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/block/partition-generic.c b/block/partition-generic.c
index 7afb990..284de18 100644
--- a/block/partition-generic.c
+++ b/block/partition-generic.c
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ char *disk_name(struct gendisk *hd, int partno, char *buf)
 
 const char *bdevname(struct block_device *bdev, char *buf)
 {
+	if (unlikely(!bdev))
+		return snprintf(buf, BDEVNAME_SIZE, "unknown-block(null)");
 	return disk_name(bdev->bd_disk, bdev->bd_part->partno, buf);
 }
 
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2.9.3

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