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Ext2 oops fix in empty_dir()

Jan Kratochvil (short@k332.feld.cvut.cz)
Mon Apr 14 06:54:00 1997

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21-ext2-empty_dir.patch

I've made `rmdir' on a broken floppy (CRC errors) and got an ext2 oops... The problem lies in `continue' statement which leaves `bh' NULL and iterates next while. The modified if line dereferences NULL bh and we've got it.

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