From: NeilBrown rpc_create_clnt and friends return errors, not NULL, on failure. Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields Signed-off-by: Neil Brown Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- 25-akpm/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c | 6 ++++-- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c~nfsd4-callback-create-rpc-client-returns fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c --- 25/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c~nfsd4-callback-create-rpc-client-returns 2005-04-07 19:09:43.000000000 -0700 +++ 25-akpm/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c 2005-04-07 19:09:43.000000000 -0700 @@ -405,7 +405,8 @@ nfsd4_probe_callback(struct nfs4_client timeparms.to_exponential = 1; /* Create RPC transport */ - if (!(xprt = xprt_create_proto(IPPROTO_TCP, &addr, &timeparms))) { + xprt = xprt_create_proto(IPPROTO_TCP, &addr, &timeparms); + if (IS_ERR(xprt)) { dprintk("NFSD: couldn't create callback transport!\n"); goto out_err; } @@ -426,7 +427,8 @@ nfsd4_probe_callback(struct nfs4_client * XXX AUTH_UNIX only - need AUTH_GSS.... */ sprintf(hostname, "%u.%u.%u.%u", NIPQUAD(addr.sin_addr.s_addr)); - if (!(clnt = rpc_create_client(xprt, hostname, program, 1, RPC_AUTH_UNIX))) { + clnt = rpc_create_client(xprt, hostname, program, 1, RPC_AUTH_UNIX); + if (IS_ERR(clnt)) { dprintk("NFSD: couldn't create callback client\n"); goto out_err; } _