[PATCH] staging: lustre: lustre: osc: lproc_osc.c: Fix for possible null pointer dereference

[Rickard Strandqvist]

There is otherwise a risk of a possible null pointer dereference.

Was largely found by using a static code analysis program called cppcheck.

Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/lproc_osc.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/lproc_osc.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/lproc_osc.c
index 9f719bc..9ba6293 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/lproc_osc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/lproc_osc.c
@@ -237,13 +237,15 @@ static ssize_t osc_cur_grant_bytes_seq_write(struct file *file, const char *buff
 				  size_t count, loff_t *off)
 {
 	struct obd_device *obd = ((struct seq_file *)file->private_data)->private;
-	struct client_obd *cli = &obd->u.cli;
+	struct client_obd *cli;
 	int		rc;
 	__u64	      val;
 
 	if (obd == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
+	cli = &obd->u.cli;
+
 	rc = lprocfs_write_u64_helper(buffer, count, &val);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
-- 
1.7.10.4

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