From 7c58404cb68d9f1680574917e96e47b64ce997dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Hill <johill@lanl.gov>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 00:22:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fixed use of nill piiu pointer

---
 src/ca/nciu.cpp | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ca/nciu.cpp b/src/ca/nciu.cpp
index 1577d0cd4..9ea386b66 100644
--- a/src/ca/nciu.cpp
+++ b/src/ca/nciu.cpp
@@ -328,12 +328,14 @@ void nciu::connect ( unsigned nativeType,
         return;
     }
 
-    this->lockPIIU ();
-    bool v41Ok = this->piiu->ca_v41_ok ();
-    this->unlockPIIU ();
-
     this->lock ();
-
+    bool v41Ok;
+    if ( this->piiu ) {
+        v41Ok = this->piiu->ca_v41_ok ();
+    }
+    else {
+        v41Ok = false;
+    }    
     this->typeCode = nativeType;
     this->count = nativeCount;
     this->sid = sidIn;