From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753308AbXCSJZL (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Mar 2007 05:25:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753310AbXCSJZH (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Mar 2007 05:25:07 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:34837 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753356AbXCSJYp (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Mar 2007 05:24:45 -0400 Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:24:49 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Eric.Moore@lsi.com Cc: mpt_linux_developer@lsi.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: drivers/message/fusion/mptsas.c: inconsequent NULL checking Message-ID: <20070319092449.GM752@stusta.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The Coverity checker spotted the following inconsequent NULL checking in drivers/message/fusion/mptsas.c: <-- snip --> ... static void mptsas_delete_expander_phys(MPT_ADAPTER *ioc) { ... if (port_info->phy_info && (!(port_info->phy_info[0].identify.device_info & MPI_SAS_DEVICE_INFO_SMP_TARGET))) continue; if (mptsas_sas_expander_pg0(ioc, &buffer, (MPI_SAS_EXPAND_PGAD_FORM_HANDLE << MPI_SAS_EXPAND_PGAD_FORM_SHIFT), port_info->phy_info[0].handle)) { ... <-- snip --> port_info->phy_info is first checked but later dereferenced unconditionally. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed