[PATCH 0/3] fs: ext4fs: Fix some issues found by Smatch

Andrew Goodbody andrew.goodbody at linaro.org
Fri Jul 4 14:32:41 CEST 2025


Smatch reported some issues in the ext4fs code. This includes a
suggestion to use an unwind goto, to not negate a return value and to
ensure that a NULL check happens before the pointer is dereferenced.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Goodbody <andrew.goodbody at linaro.org>
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Andrew Goodbody (3):
      fs: ext4fs: Do not negate error before returning it
      fs: ext4fs: Use unwind goto to free memory on error
      fs: ext4fs: Perform NULL check before dereference

 fs/ext4/ext4_common.c | 10 ++++++----
 fs/ext4/ext4_write.c  |  6 +++---
 fs/ext4/ext4fs.c      |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 7027b445cc0bfb86204ecb1f1fe596f5895048d9
change-id: 20250704-ext4fs_fix-70936d5a3e59

Best regards,
-- 
Andrew Goodbody <andrew.goodbody at linaro.org>



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