linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] cxl/vphb.c: Use phb pointer after NULL check

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Date:	Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:05:11 +0530
From:	Maninder Singh <maninder1.s@...sung.com>
To:	imunsie@....ibm.com, mikey@...ling.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	pankaj.m@...sung.com, Maninder Singh <maninder1.s@...sung.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] cxl/vphb.c: Use phb pointer after NULL check

static Anlaysis detected below error:-
(error) Possible null pointer dereference: phb

So, Use phb after NULL check.

Signed-off-by: Maninder Singh <maninder1.s@...sung.com>
---
 drivers/misc/cxl/vphb.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/vphb.c b/drivers/misc/cxl/vphb.c
index b1d1983a..2eba002 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/cxl/vphb.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/vphb.c
@@ -112,9 +112,10 @@ static int cxl_pcie_config_info(struct pci_bus *bus, unsigned int devfn,
 	unsigned long addr;
 
 	phb = pci_bus_to_host(bus);
-	afu = (struct cxl_afu *)phb->private_data;
 	if (phb == NULL)
 		return PCIBIOS_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND;
+	afu = (struct cxl_afu *)phb->private_data;
+
 	if (cxl_pcie_cfg_record(bus->number, devfn) > afu->crs_num)
 		return PCIBIOS_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND;
 	if (offset >= (unsigned long)phb->cfg_data)
-- 
1.7.9.5

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