From: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> The dereference should be moved below the NULL test. spatch with a semantic match is used to found this. (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_im.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_im.c b/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_im.c index 2eebf8d..e778f35 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_im.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_im.c @@ -951,13 +951,15 @@ static int bfad_im_slave_alloc(struct scsi_device *sdev) { struct fc_rport *rport = starget_to_rport(scsi_target(sdev)); - struct bfad_itnim_data_s *itnim_data = - (struct bfad_itnim_data_s *) rport->dd_data; - struct bfa_s *bfa = itnim_data->itnim->bfa_itnim->bfa; + struct bfad_itnim_data_s *itnim_data; + struct bfa_s *bfa; if (!rport || fc_remote_port_chkready(rport)) return -ENXIO; + itnim_data = (struct bfad_itnim_data_s *)rport->dd_data; + bfa = itnim_data->itnim->bfa_itnim->bfa; + if (bfa_get_lun_mask_status(bfa) == BFA_LUNMASK_ENABLED) { /* * We should not mask LUN 0 - since this will translate -- 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