From: David Teigland Return sense if dm_split_args is called with a NULL input parameter. Signed-off-by: David Teigland Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon Index: linux-2.6.17/drivers/md/dm-table.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.17.orig/drivers/md/dm-table.c 2006-06-21 16:19:33.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.17/drivers/md/dm-table.c 2006-06-21 17:17:58.000000000 +0100 @@ -590,6 +590,12 @@ int dm_split_args(int *argc, char ***arg unsigned array_size = 0; *argc = 0; + + if (!input) { + *argvp = NULL; + return 0; + } + argv = realloc_argv(&array_size, argv); if (!argv) return -ENOMEM;