If scsi_execute_cmd returns < 0, it doesn't initialize the sshdr, so we shouldn't access the sshdr. If it returns 0, then the cmd executed successfully, so there is no need to check the sshdr. This has us access the sshdr when we get a return value > 0. Signed-off-by: Mike Christie <michael.christie@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Reviewed-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/sd.c | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c index 781df1fefa84..a5c67129b0c3 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ cache_type_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, struct scsi_mode_data data; struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr; static const char temp[] = "temporary "; - int len; + int len, ret; if (sdp->type != TYPE_DISK && sdp->type != TYPE_ZBC) /* no cache control on RBC devices; theoretically they @@ -190,9 +190,10 @@ cache_type_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, */ data.device_specific = 0; - if (scsi_mode_select(sdp, 1, sp, buffer_data, len, SD_TIMEOUT, - sdkp->max_retries, &data, &sshdr)) { - if (scsi_sense_valid(&sshdr)) + ret = scsi_mode_select(sdp, 1, sp, buffer_data, len, SD_TIMEOUT, + sdkp->max_retries, &data, &sshdr); + if (ret) { + if (ret > 0 && scsi_sense_valid(&sshdr)) sd_print_sense_hdr(sdkp, &sshdr); return -EINVAL; } -- 2.34.1