3 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
index b5a061114630..4f9b6d792017 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
@@ -3606,11 +3606,9 @@ static int __devinit cciss_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
                 if (cciss_hard_reset_controller(pdev) || cciss_reset_msi(pdev))
                         return -ENODEV;
 
-                /* Some devices (notably the HP Smart Array 5i Controller)
-                   need a little pause here */
-                schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(30*HZ);
-
-                /* Now try to get the controller to respond to a no-op */
+                /* Now try to get the controller to respond to a no-op. Some
+                   devices (notably the HP Smart Array 5i Controller) need
+                   up to 30 seconds to respond. */
                 for (i=0; i<30; i++) {
                         if (cciss_noop(pdev) == 0)
                                 break;
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index edbaac6c0573..bf0345577672 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -392,8 +392,7 @@ lo_splice_actor(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct pipe_buffer *buf,
         struct loop_device *lo = p->lo;
         struct page *page = buf->page;
         sector_t IV;
-        size_t size;
-        int ret;
+        int size, ret;
 
         ret = buf->ops->confirm(pipe, buf);
         if (unlikely(ret))
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index b6c8ce254359..8f905089b72b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -977,6 +977,8 @@ static void backend_changed(struct xenbus_device *dev,
                 break;
 
         case XenbusStateClosing:
+                if (info->gd == NULL)
+                        xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, -ENODEV, "gd is NULL");
                 bd = bdget_disk(info->gd, 0);
                 if (bd == NULL)
                         xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, -ENODEV, "bdget failed");