Re: [RFC v1 1/4] nvmet-trace: avoid dereferencing pointer too early

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Tue Sep 05 2023 - 12:05:47 EST


On Tue, Sep 05, 2023 at 10:24:51AM +0200, Daniel Wagner wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 05, 2023 at 08:48:46AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > +static inline u16 nvmet_req_to_ctrl_id(struct nvmet_req *req)
> > > {
> > > - return req->sq->ctrl;
> > > + if (!req->sq || !req->sq->ctrl)
> > > + return 0;
> > > + return req->sq->ctrl->cntlid;
> >
> > Can you add a comment here why we have this check?
>
> /*
> * The queue and controller pointer are not valid until an
> * association has been established.
> */

sounds good.