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

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Tue Sep 05 2023 - 13:10:50 EST


> +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?