The patch 7d6535b72042: "cifs: Simplify reconnect code when dfs upcall is enabled" leads to the following static checker warning: fs/cifs/connect.c:160 reconn_set_next_dfs_target() error: 'server->hostname' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR() Avoid dereferencing the error pointer by early returning on error condition. Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Samuel Cabrero <scabrero@xxxxxxx> --- fs/cifs/connect.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c index 509a41ff56b8..b9df85506938 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/connect.c +++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c @@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ static void reconn_set_next_dfs_target(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, cifs_dbg(FYI, "%s: failed to extract hostname from target: %ld\n", __func__, PTR_ERR(server->hostname)); + return; } rc = reconn_set_ipaddr_from_hostname(server); -- 2.29.2
