The correct order is: NULL check before dereference
Spotted by the Coverity checker.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
int res = -EINVAL;
p_ptr = tipc_port_lock(ref);
+ if (!p_ptr)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
dbg("tipc_publ %u, p_ptr = %x, conn = %x, scope = %x, "
"lower = %u, upper = %u\n",
ref, p_ptr, p_ptr->publ.connected, scope, seq->lower, seq->upper);
- if (!p_ptr)
- return -EINVAL;
if (p_ptr->publ.connected)
goto exit;
if (seq->lower > seq->upper)