' drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c +1365 scsi_kill_request(9) warning: variable derefenced before check 'cmd' We dereference cmd (and possible OOPS if cmd == NULL) before starting the request so just remove the superfluous debugging code altogether. [ bart: the potential NULL pointer dereference was finally fixed in (much later than mine) commit 03b1470 but my patch is still valid ] Reported-by: Dan Carpenter Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Eugene Teo Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: James Bottomley Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds 3Q•ë—:x