X-Git-Url: http://v3vee.org/palacios/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=palacios.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=palacios%2Fsrc%2Fpalacios%2Fvmm_xml.c;fp=palacios%2Fsrc%2Fpalacios%2Fvmm_xml.c;h=a9c66592501e611773dbc59cb796c43deaebf43c;hp=f3cf7e3237015a3b5274d2b209efb2f4bc79e091;hb=210c49c1f9b523ff94fd5b6791961d242d5bbae4;hpb=2a9cf19fe40ce33f1c2728a41b18011dda365c06

diff --git a/palacios/src/palacios/vmm_xml.c b/palacios/src/palacios/vmm_xml.c
index f3cf7e3..a9c6659 100644
--- a/palacios/src/palacios/vmm_xml.c
+++ b/palacios/src/palacios/vmm_xml.c
@@ -480,8 +480,12 @@ static struct v3_xml * parse_str(char * buf, size_t len) {
     char ** attr; 
     int attr_idx;
 
-    if (!buf) {
-	return NULL;
+    if (buf==NULL) {
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (root==NULL) {
+      return NULL;
     }
 
     root->str_ptr = buf;
@@ -692,7 +696,8 @@ static struct v3_xml * parse_str(char * buf, size_t len) {
 	    return NULL;
         }
 
-        if (! buf || ! *buf) {
+	// at this point, buf cannot be NULL
+        if (!*buf) {
 	    break;
 	}