Not only check the pointer against 0 but also the dereferenced value Signed-off-by: Thomas Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---
drivers/net/ehea/ehea.h | 2 +- drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c | 6 ++++-- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -Nurp -X dontdiff linux-2.6.20-rc5/drivers/net/ehea/ehea.h patched_kernel/drivers/net/ehea/ehea.h --- linux-2.6.20-rc5/drivers/net/ehea/ehea.h 2007-01-12 19:54:26.000000000 +0100 +++ patched_kernel/drivers/net/ehea/ehea.h 2007-01-19 13:56:41.000000000 +0100 @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ #include <asm/io.h> #define DRV_NAME "ehea" -#define DRV_VERSION "EHEA_0043" +#define DRV_VERSION "EHEA_0044" #define EHEA_MSG_DEFAULT (NETIF_MSG_LINK | NETIF_MSG_TIMER \ | NETIF_MSG_RX_ERR | NETIF_MSG_TX_ERR) diff -Nurp -X dontdiff linux-2.6.20-rc5/drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c patched_kernel/drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c --- linux-2.6.20-rc5/drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c 2007-01-12 19:54:26.000000000 +0100 +++ patched_kernel/drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c 2007-01-19 13:58:01.000000000 +0100 @@ -2471,14 +2471,16 @@ static int __devinit ehea_probe(struct i adapter_handle = (u64*)get_property(dev->ofdev.node, "ibm,hea-handle", NULL); - if (!adapter_handle) { + if (adapter_handle) + adapter->handle = *adapter_handle; + + if (!adapter->handle) { dev_err(&dev->ofdev.dev, "failed getting handle for adapter" " '%s'\n", dev->ofdev.node->full_name); ret = -ENODEV; goto out_free_ad; } - adapter->handle = *adapter_handle; adapter->pd = EHEA_PD_ID; dev->ofdev.dev.driver_data = adapter; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/