Re: [PATCH] mm/filemap: Fix NULL pointer dereference in pagecache_get_page

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Tue Apr 26 2022 - 08:08:24 EST


On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 04:25:48PM +0800, Wan Jiabing wrote:
> Fix following coccicheck error:
> mm/folio-compat.c:128:17-21: ERROR: folio is NULL but dereferenced.
> folio = __filemap_get_folio(mapping, index, fgp_flags, gfp);
> - if ((fgp_flags & FGP_HEAD) || !folio || xa_is_value(folio))
> + if (!folio)
> + return NULL;
> + if ((fgp_flags & FGP_HEAD) || xa_is_value(folio))
> return &folio->page;

That doesn't dereference the folio. Coccicheck is wrong.