> Yes. If you see how to do it - patches are welcome. I think there are simple solutions. Will come back to this later. For now something else. The routine bdget() in block_dev.c may return NULL in case alloc_bdev() fails. Thus, inode->i_bdev may be NULL. Nevertheless, it is dereferenced all over the place without testing first. Comments? Andries - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/