linux-kernel - [PATCH 26/30] hpsa: Fix hpsa_find_scsi_entry so that it doesn't try to dereference NULL pointers

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Date:	Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:43:36 -0600
From:	"Stephen M. Cameron" <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>
To:	James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	mikem@...rdog.cce.hp.com, brace@...rdog.cce.hp.com,
	matthew.gates@...com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 26/30] hpsa: Fix hpsa_find_scsi_entry so that it doesn't try
	to dereference NULL pointers

From: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>

hpsa: Fix hpsa_find_scsi_entry so that it doesn't try to dereference NULL pointers

Signed-off-by: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>
---
 drivers/scsi/hpsa.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
index 42295c4..2764cb6 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
@@ -776,6 +776,8 @@ static int hpsa_scsi_find_entry(struct hpsa_scsi_dev_t *needle,
 #define DEVICE_CHANGED 1
 #define DEVICE_SAME 2
 	for (i = 0; i < haystack_size; i++) {
+		if (haystack[i] == NULL) /* previously removed. */
+			continue;
 		if (SCSI3ADDR_EQ(needle->scsi3addr, haystack[i]->scsi3addr)) {
 			*index = i;
 			if (device_is_the_same(needle, haystack[i]))

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