netdev - Re: [patch v2] qlge: pull NULL check ahead of dereference

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Date:	Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:48:18 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ron.mercer@...gic.com
Cc:	error27@...il.com, Linux-Driver@...gic.com,
	leitao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch v2] qlge: pull NULL check ahead of dereference

From: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@...gic.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:28:36 -0700

> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:52:44AM -0700, Dan Carpenter wrote:
>> There was a dereference before NULL check issue introduced in 1e213303d
>> "qlge: Add tx multiqueue support."  I've pulled the NULL check of
>> "net_rsp" forward a couple lines to avoid that.
>> 
>> Also Ron Mercer says that the early exit should be above the index
>> write.  ql_write_cq_idx(rx_ring);
>> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@...gic.com>

Applied to net-next-2.6, thanks guys.
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