linux-kernel - libata-scsi.c: new check-after-use

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Date:	Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:08:05 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org>,
	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: libata-scsi.c: new check-after-use


Commit 9b8e8de7e59b3a2dab3113d620b52dc8ba890fb3 did:

--- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
@@ -872,7 +872,8 @@ int ata_scsi_slave_config(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 
 	ata_scsi_sdev_config(sdev);
 
-	sdev->manage_start_stop = 1;
+	if (dev->class == ATA_DEV_ATA)
+		sdev->manage_start_stop = 1;
 
 	if (dev)
 		ata_scsi_dev_config(sdev, dev);


The Coverity checker spotted that this introduced a check-after-use
for "dev".


cu
Adrian

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