Hi John, John W. Linville wrote: > On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 01:06:49AM +0800, Eugene Teo wrote: >> NULL checks should be performed before the dereference. >> >> Spotted by the Coverity checker. >> >> Signed-off-by: Eugene Teo <eteo@xxxxxxxxxx> > > This does not apply against 2.6.22-rc1. Please rediff and repost. Ok. Here's a rediff against 2.6.22-rc1. Thanks. -- NULL checks should be performed before the dereference. Spotted by the Coverity checker. Signed-off-by: Eugene Teo <eteo@xxxxxxxxxx> diff -uprN -X 2.6.22-rc1/Documentation/dontdiff 2.6.22-rc1.orig/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/fw.c 2.6.22-rc1/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/fw.c --- 2.6.22-rc1.orig/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/fw.c 2007-05-19 10:48:02.000000000 +0800 +++ 2.6.22-rc1/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/fw.c 2007-05-19 11:01:26.000000000 +0800 @@ -333,18 +333,22 @@ static void command_timer_fn(unsigned lo unsigned long flags; ptempnode = adapter->cur_cmd; + if (ptempnode == NULL) { + lbs_pr_debug(1, "PTempnode Empty\n"); + return; + } + cmd = (struct cmd_ds_command *)ptempnode->bufvirtualaddr; + if (!cmd) { + lbs_pr_debug(1, "cmd is NULL\n"); + return; + } lbs_pr_info("command_timer_fn fired (%x)\n", cmd->command); if (!adapter->fw_ready) return; - if (ptempnode == NULL) { - lbs_pr_debug(1, "PTempnode Empty\n"); - return; - } - spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->driver_lock, flags); adapter->cur_cmd = NULL; spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->driver_lock, flags); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html