[PATCH] drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c: fix a NULL pointer dereference

The Coverity checker spotted this obvious NULL pointer dereference.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Acked-by: Mark Salyzyn <mark_salyzyn@adaptec.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c b/drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c
index c28e3aea1c3..418fc7b896a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ static int adpt_hba_reset(adpt_hba* pHba)
 static void adpt_i2o_sys_shutdown(void)
 {
         adpt_hba *pHba, *pNext;
-        struct adpt_i2o_post_wait_data *p1, *p2;
+        struct adpt_i2o_post_wait_data *p1, *old;
 
          printk(KERN_INFO"Shutting down Adaptec I2O controllers.\n");
          printk(KERN_INFO"   This could take a few minutes if there are many devices attached\n");
@@ -830,13 +830,14 @@ static void adpt_i2o_sys_shutdown(void)
         }
 
         /* Remove any timedout entries from the wait queue.  */
-        p2 = NULL;
 //      spin_lock_irqsave(&adpt_post_wait_lock, flags);
         /* Nothing should be outstanding at this point so just
          * free them 
          */
-        for(p1 = adpt_post_wait_queue; p1; p2 = p1, p1 = p2->next) {
-                kfree(p1);
+        for(p1 = adpt_post_wait_queue; p1;) {
+                old = p1;
+                p1 = p1->next;
+                kfree(old);
         }
 //      spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adpt_post_wait_lock, flags);
         adpt_post_wait_queue = NULL;