Hi, Colin On 2017/9/30 3:51, Colin King wrote: > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > pointer ndev is being dereferenced with the call to netif_running > before it is being null checked. Re-order the code to only dereference > ndev after it has been null checked. Thanks for fixing it. > > Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1457206 ("Dereference before null check") > > Fixes: 9df8f79a4d29 ("net: hns3: Add DCB support when interacting with network stack") > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hns3_enet.c | 4 +++- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hns3_enet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hns3_enet.c > index 4a0890f98b70..c31506514e5d 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hns3_enet.c > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hns3_enet.c > @@ -2865,7 +2865,7 @@ static int hns3_client_setup_tc(struct hnae3_handle *handle, u8 tc) > { > struct hnae3_knic_private_info *kinfo = &handle->kinfo; > struct net_device *ndev = kinfo->netdev; > - bool if_running = netif_running(ndev); > + bool if_running; > int ret; > u8 i; > > @@ -2875,6 +2875,8 @@ static int hns3_client_setup_tc(struct hnae3_handle *handle, u8 tc) > if (!ndev) > return -ENODEV; > > + if_running = netif_running(ndev); > + > ret = netdev_set_num_tc(ndev, tc); > if (ret) > return ret; > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html