This patch corrects the issue caught vi Smatch and reported by Dan Carpenter: http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=133693516103343&w=2 Resolve null pointer check ordering that were odd Signed-off-by: Alex Iannicelli <alex.iannicelli@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: James Smart <james.smart@xxxxxxxxxx> --- lpfc_sli.c | 20 +++++++------------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff -upNr a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c --- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c 2012-06-08 10:38:13.000000000 -0400 +++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c 2012-06-08 11:40:44.000000000 -0400 @@ -15863,24 +15863,18 @@ lpfc_drain_txq(struct lpfc_hba *phba) spin_lock_irqsave(&phba->hbalock, iflags); piocbq = lpfc_sli_ringtx_get(phba, pring); + if (!piocbq) { + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&phba->hbalock, iflags); + lpfc_printf_log(phba, KERN_ERR, LOG_SLI, + "2823 txq empty and txq_cnt is %d\n ", + pring->txq_cnt); + break; + } sglq = __lpfc_sli_get_sglq(phba, piocbq); if (!sglq) { __lpfc_sli_ringtx_put(phba, pring, piocbq); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&phba->hbalock, iflags); break; - } else { - if (!piocbq) { - /* The txq_cnt out of sync. This should - * never happen - */ - sglq = __lpfc_clear_active_sglq(phba, - sglq->sli4_lxritag); - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&phba->hbalock, iflags); - lpfc_printf_log(phba, KERN_ERR, LOG_SLI, - "2823 txq empty and txq_cnt is %d\n ", - pring->txq_cnt); - break; - } } /* The xri and iocb resources secured, -- 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