[PATCH] net: liquidio: fix a NULL pointer dereference

[Kangjie Lu]

In case octeon_alloc_soft_command fails, the fix reports the
error and returns to avoid NULL pointer dereference.

Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <k...@umn.edu>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c 
b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
index 9b7819fdc9de..a3781d7a7b5c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
@@ -1192,6 +1192,11 @@ static void send_rx_ctrl_cmd(struct lio *lio, int 
start_stop)
        sc = (struct octeon_soft_command *)
                octeon_alloc_soft_command(oct, OCTNET_CMD_SIZE,
                                          16, 0);
+       if (!sc) {
+               netif_info(lio, rx_err, lio->netdev,
+                               "Failed to allocate octeon_soft_command\n");
+               return;
+       }
 
        ncmd = (union octnet_cmd *)sc->virtdptr;
 
-- 
2.17.1