Fix a possible null pointer dereference, there is
otherwise a risk of a possible null pointer dereference.

This was found using a static code analysis program called cppcheck

Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqv...@spectrumdigital.se>
---
 drivers/staging/unisys/virtpci/virtpci.c |   20 ++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/virtpci/virtpci.c 
b/drivers/staging/unisys/virtpci/virtpci.c
index 39b828d..eea3c64 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/unisys/virtpci/virtpci.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/virtpci/virtpci.c
@@ -1340,16 +1340,16 @@ static ssize_t virtpci_driver_attr_show(struct kobject 
*kobj,
        struct driver_private *dprivate = to_driver(kobj);
        struct device_driver *driver;
 
-       if (dprivate != NULL)
+       if (dprivate != NULL) {
                driver = dprivate->driver;
-       else
-               driver = NULL;
 
-       DBGINF("In virtpci_driver_attr_show driver->name:%s\n", driver->name);
-       if (driver) {
+               DBGINF("In virtpci_driver_attr_show driver->name:%s\n", 
driver->name);
+
                if (dattr->show)
                        ret = dattr->show(driver, buf);
        }
+       else
+               DBGINF("In virtpci_driver_attr_show driver:NULL\n");
        return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1363,17 +1363,17 @@ static ssize_t virtpci_driver_attr_store(struct kobject 
*kobj,
        struct driver_private *dprivate = to_driver(kobj);
        struct device_driver *driver;
 
-       if (dprivate != NULL)
+       if (dprivate != NULL) {
                driver = dprivate->driver;
-       else
-               driver = NULL;
 
-       DBGINF("In virtpci_driver_attr_store driver->name:%s\n", driver->name);
+               DBGINF("In virtpci_driver_attr_store driver->name:%s\n", 
driver->name);
 
-       if (driver) {
                if (dattr->store)
                        ret = dattr->store(driver, buf, count);
        }
+       else
+               DBGINF("In virtpci_driver_attr_store driver:NULL\n");
+
        return ret;
 }
 
-- 
1.7.10.4

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