Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 11:28:25 -0200
From: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com>
To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
       markus.lidel@shadowconnect.com, James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com,
       linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       Mark Salyzyn <mark_salyzyn@adaptec.com>
Subject: Re: [patch] drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c: fix a NULL pointer dereference
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On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 07:52:52PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 10:47:38AM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 12:36:37AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > The Coverity checker spotted this obvious NULL pointer dereference.
> > 
> > Hi Adrian,
> 
> Hi Marcelo,
> 
> > Could you explain why you remove the adpt_post_wait_lock acquision? 
> > 
> > And if it does not belong there, why don't you remove it instead of
> > commeting out?
> >...
> 
> my patch does remove the following not required line:
> 
> > > -	p2 = NULL;
> 
> It does not touch the following line that was already commented out:
> 
> > >  //	spin_lock_irqsave(&adpt_post_wait_lock, flags);
> >...

Doh. I should _read_ the patch. 

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