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 Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/md/dm-table.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff -puN drivers/md/dm-table.c~dm-table-split_args-handle-no-input drivers/md/dm-table.c --- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c~dm-table-split_args-handle-no-input +++ a/drivers/md/dm-table.c @@ -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; _