Smatch called out a warning for null checking a ptr that is assigned by list_entry. list_entry does not return null and, if the list is empty, can return an invalid ptr. Thus, the !psrp check does not execute properly. drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c:2133 lpfc_cmpl_els_plogi() warn: list_entry() does not return NULL 'prsp' Replace list_entry with list_get_first, which does a list_empty check before returning the first entry. Fixes: a3c3c0a806f1 ("scsi: lpfc: Validate ELS LS_ACC completion payload") Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-scsi/01b7568f-4ab4-4d56-bfa6-9ecc5fc261fe@moroto.mountain/ Signed-off-by: Justin Tee <justin.tee@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c index f9627eddab08..0829fe6ddff8 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c @@ -2128,8 +2128,8 @@ lpfc_cmpl_els_plogi(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct lpfc_iocbq *cmdiocb, NLP_EVT_DEVICE_RM); } else { /* Good status, call state machine */ - prsp = list_entry(cmdiocb->cmd_dmabuf->list.next, - struct lpfc_dmabuf, list); + prsp = list_get_first(&cmdiocb->cmd_dmabuf->list, + struct lpfc_dmabuf, list); if (!prsp) goto out; if (!lpfc_is_els_acc_rsp(prsp)) -- 2.38.0