[LU-1961] Fix 'dereference before null check' errors

• Type: Technical task
• Resolution: Fixed
• Priority: Major
• Fix Version/s: Lustre 2.4.0
• Affects Version/s: Lustre 2.4.0, Lustre 2.1.3
• Labels: build coverity
• Assignee: Bob Glossman (Inactive)
• Reporter: Sebastien Buisson (Inactive)

Description

Thanks to the Coverity tool, we found some Null pointer dereferences in the Lustre code, and more specifically cases of dereference before null check.

I will propose a patch to address the issues.