Re: [patch] drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c: fix a NULL pointer dereference

On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 00:36 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> The Coverity checker spotted this obvious NULL pointer dereference.

It's a bit late for this one, since Linus already put it in, but for
future reference, could you please try to use proper descriptions.  This
isn't an "obvious NULL pointer dereference", it's actually a use after
free of a data structure.

Thanks,

James


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