The Coverity checker found that if req was NULL because find_request returned NULL, this resulted in a break from the switch, but req was later dereferenced (look at the last line of this patch).
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- linux-2.6.12-rc1-mm2-full/fs/smbfs/request.c.old 2005-03-25 00:45:08.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.12-rc1-mm2-full/fs/smbfs/request.c 2005-03-25 00:47:14.000000000 +0100 @@ -783,20 +783,23 @@ int smb_request_recv(struct smb_sb_info break; break; /* We should never be called with any of these states */ case SMB_RECV_END: case SMB_RECV_REQUEST: server->rstate = SMB_RECV_END; break; } + if (!req) + return -ENOMEM; + if (result < 0) { /* We saw an error */ return result; } if (server->rstate != SMB_RECV_END) return 0; result = 0; if (req->rq_trans2_command && req->rq_rcls == SUCCESS) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/