Hi Dan Quite right! Had to try it. Do nothing then? But you must agree that it is still ugly and confusing code. Kind regards Rickard Strandqvist 2014-12-15 11:25 GMT+01:00 Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>: > On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 11:37:18PM +0100, Rickard Strandqvist wrote: >> There is otherwise a risk of a possible null pointer dereference. >> >> Was largely found by using a static code analysis program called cppcheck. >> >> Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/lproc_osc.c | 4 +++- >> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/lproc_osc.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/lproc_osc.c >> index 9f719bc..9ba6293 100644 >> --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/lproc_osc.c >> +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/lproc_osc.c >> @@ -237,13 +237,15 @@ static ssize_t osc_cur_grant_bytes_seq_write(struct file *file, const char *buff >> size_t count, loff_t *off) >> { >> struct obd_device *obd = ((struct seq_file *)file->private_data)->private; >> - struct client_obd *cli = &obd->u.cli; >> + struct client_obd *cli; > > This isn't really a dereference. You're just getting the address of > obd->u.cli. So if obd is NULL then it won't crash. > > regards, > dan carpenter > _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel