data can be an ERR_PTR, so the client assignment must only happen after the ERR_PTR check. Reported-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/hwmon/ds620.c | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ds620.c b/drivers/hwmon/ds620.c index 1bdb6246..65e01a8 100644 --- a/drivers/hwmon/ds620.c +++ b/drivers/hwmon/ds620.c @@ -159,7 +159,12 @@ static ssize_t set_temp(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *da, struct sensor_device_attribute *attr = to_sensor_dev_attr(da); struct ds620_data *data = dev_get_drvdata(dev); - struct i2c_client *client = data->client; + struct i2c_client *client; + + if (IS_ERR(data)) + return PTR_ERR(data); + + client = data->client; res = kstrtol(buf, 10, &val); @@ -181,13 +186,15 @@ static ssize_t show_alarm(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *da, { struct sensor_device_attribute *attr = to_sensor_dev_attr(da); struct ds620_data *data = ds620_update_client(dev); - struct i2c_client *client = data->client; + struct i2c_client *client; u16 conf, new_conf; int res; if (IS_ERR(data)) return PTR_ERR(data); + client = data->client; + /* reset alarms if necessary */ res = i2c_smbus_read_word_swapped(client, DS620_REG_CONF); if (res < 0) -- 1.9.1 _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors