Null check at line 918: if (!spi) {, implies spi might be NULL. Function spi_get_drvdata() dereference pointer spi. Move pointer priv assignment after the null check.
Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1408888 Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsi...@embeddedor.com> --- drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c b/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c index 25fd3b0..ccaf20d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c +++ b/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c @@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ static int ca8210_spi_transfer( ) { int i, status = 0; - struct ca8210_priv *priv = spi_get_drvdata(spi); + struct ca8210_priv *priv; struct cas_control *cas_ctl; if (!spi) { @@ -923,6 +923,7 @@ static int ca8210_spi_transfer( return -ENODEV; } + priv = spi_get_drvdata(spi); reinit_completion(&priv->spi_transfer_complete); dev_dbg(&spi->dev, "ca8210_spi_transfer called\n"); -- 2.5.0