Hello Andy Grover, The patch bc118fe4c4a8: "target: Further refactoring of core_scsi3_emulate_pro_register()" from May 16, 2013, leads to the following static checker warning: drivers/target/target_core_pr.c:2177 core_scsi3_emulate_pro_register() warn: 'pr_reg' was already freed. drivers/target/target_core_pr.c 2161 * Release the calling I_T Nexus registration now.. 2162 */ 2163 __core_scsi3_free_registration(cmd->se_dev, pr_reg, NULL, 1); ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Frees "pr_reg". 2164 2165 /* 2166 * From spc4r17, section 5.7.11.3 Unregistering 2167 * 2168 * If the persistent reservation is a registrants only 2169 * type, the device server shall establish a unit 2170 * attention condition for the initiator port associated 2171 * with every registered I_T nexus except for the I_T 2172 * nexus on which the PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT command was 2173 * received, with the additional sense code set to 2174 * RESERVATIONS RELEASED. 2175 */ 2176 if (pr_holder && 2177 (pr_reg->pr_res_type == PR_TYPE_WRITE_EXCLUSIVE_REGONLY || ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2178 pr_reg->pr_res_type == PR_TYPE_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS_REGONLY)) { ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Dereferences. 2179 list_for_each_entry(pr_reg_p, 2180 &pr_tmpl->registration_list, 2181 pr_reg_list) { regards, dan carpenter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe target-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html