Stanse found that req in xprt_reserve_xprt is dereferenced prior its test to NULL. If that's the case, the checks are unnecessary, so remove them. The alternative is not to dereference it before the test. The patch is to point out the problem, you have to decide. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx> Cc: linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- net/sunrpc/xprt.c | 8 +++----- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c index 4c8f18a..5355c71 100644 --- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c +++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c @@ -202,10 +202,8 @@ int xprt_reserve_xprt(struct rpc_task *task) goto out_sleep; } xprt->snd_task = task; - if (req) { - req->rq_bytes_sent = 0; - req->rq_ntrans++; - } + req->rq_bytes_sent = 0; + req->rq_ntrans++; return 1; out_sleep: @@ -213,7 +211,7 @@ out_sleep: task->tk_pid, xprt); task->tk_timeout = 0; task->tk_status = -EAGAIN; - if (req && req->rq_ntrans) + if (req->rq_ntrans) rpc_sleep_on(&xprt->resend, task, NULL); else rpc_sleep_on(&xprt->sending, task, NULL); -- 1.7.3.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html