Hi, Colin
On 2017/9/30 3:51, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.k...@canonical.com>
>
> pointer ndev is being dereferenced with the call to netif_running
> before it is being null checked. Re-order the code to only dereference
> ndev after it has been null checked.
Thanks for fixing it.
>
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1457206 ("Dereference before null check")
>
> Fixes: 9df8f79a4d29 ("net: hns3: Add DCB support when interacting with
> network stack")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.k...@canonical.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hns3_enet.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hns3_enet.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hns3_enet.c
> index 4a0890f98b70..c31506514e5d 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hns3_enet.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hns3_enet.c
> @@ -2865,7 +2865,7 @@ static int hns3_client_setup_tc(struct hnae3_handle
> *handle, u8 tc)
> {
> struct hnae3_knic_private_info *kinfo = &handle->kinfo;
> struct net_device *ndev = kinfo->netdev;
> - bool if_running = netif_running(ndev);
> + bool if_running;
> int ret;
> u8 i;
>
> @@ -2875,6 +2875,8 @@ static int hns3_client_setup_tc(struct hnae3_handle
> *handle, u8 tc)
> if (!ndev)
> return -ENODEV;
>
> + if_running = netif_running(ndev);
> +
> ret = netdev_set_num_tc(ndev, tc);
> if (ret)
> return ret;
>
