The "sc" variable can potentially be null here, so we have to initialize "q" later. This was introduced in: 70b25f890 "[SCSI] fix locking around blk_abort_request()" Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> --- I appologize if I sent this already. I was having trouble with my email earlier today and I don't see this in my gmail outbox. diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c index 8228350..96dc7d0 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c @@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ int __sas_task_abort(struct sas_task *task) void sas_task_abort(struct sas_task *task) { struct scsi_cmnd *sc = task->uldd_task; - struct request_queue *q = sc->device->request_queue; + struct request_queue *q; unsigned long flags; /* Escape for libsas internal commands */ @@ -1046,6 +1046,7 @@ void sas_task_abort(struct sas_task *task) return; } + q = sc->device->request_queue; spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags); blk_abort_request(sc->request); spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html