108bb4afd3
If the attempt to instantiate the mirror's layout DS pointer failed,
then that pointer may hold a value of type ERR_PTR(), so we need
to check that before we dereference it.
Fixes: 65990d1afbd2d ("pNFS/flexfiles: Fix a deadlock on LAYOUTGET")
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.