1 files changed, 32 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/tools/src/h5ls/h5ls.c b/tools/src/h5ls/h5ls.c
index 8c18794..a181186 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5ls/h5ls.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5ls/h5ls.c
@@ -1617,38 +1617,40 @@ list_attr(hid_t obj, const char *attr_name, const H5A_info_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED *ain
 
         info = &outputformat;
 
-        if(hexdump_g)
-           p_type = H5Tcopy(type);
-        else
-           p_type = H5Tget_native_type(type, H5T_DIR_DEFAULT);
-
-        if(p_type >= 0) {
-            /* VL data special information */
-            unsigned int        vl_data = 0; /* contains VL datatypes */
-
-            /* Check if we have VL data in the dataset's datatype */
-            if (h5tools_detect_vlen(p_type) == TRUE)
-                vl_data = TRUE;
-
-            temp_need= nelmts * MAX(H5Tget_size(type), H5Tget_size(p_type));
-            HDassert(temp_need == (hsize_t)((size_t)temp_need));
-            need = (size_t)temp_need;
-            buf = HDmalloc(need);
-            HDassert(buf);
-            if(H5Aread(attr, p_type, buf) >= 0) {
-                ctx.need_prefix = TRUE;
-                ctx.indent_level = 2;
-                ctx.cur_column = (size_t)curr_pos;
-                h5tools_dump_mem(rawoutstream, info, &ctx, attr, p_type, space, buf);
-            }
+        if(space_type != H5S_NULL && space_type != H5S_NO_CLASS) {
+            if(hexdump_g)
+            p_type = H5Tcopy(type);
+            else
+            p_type = H5Tget_native_type(type, H5T_DIR_DEFAULT);
+
+            if(p_type >= 0) {
+                /* VL data special information */
+                unsigned int        vl_data = 0; /* contains VL datatypes */
+
+                /* Check if we have VL data in the dataset's datatype */
+                if (h5tools_detect_vlen(p_type) == TRUE)
+                    vl_data = TRUE;
+
+                temp_need= nelmts * MAX(H5Tget_size(type), H5Tget_size(p_type));
+                HDassert(temp_need == (hsize_t)((size_t)temp_need));
+                need = (size_t)temp_need;
+                buf = HDmalloc(need);
+                HDassert(buf);
+                if(H5Aread(attr, p_type, buf) >= 0) {
+                    ctx.need_prefix = TRUE;
+                    ctx.indent_level = 2;
+                    ctx.cur_column = (size_t)curr_pos;
+                    h5tools_dump_mem(rawoutstream, info, &ctx, attr, p_type, space, buf);
+                }
 
-            /* Reclaim any VL memory, if necessary */
-            if (vl_data)
-                H5Dvlen_reclaim(p_type, space, H5P_DEFAULT, buf);
+                /* Reclaim any VL memory, if necessary */
+                if (vl_data)
+                    H5Dvlen_reclaim(p_type, space, H5P_DEFAULT, buf);
 
-            HDfree(buf);
-            H5Tclose(p_type);
-        } /* end if */
+                HDfree(buf);
+                H5Tclose(p_type);
+            } /* end if */
+        }
 
         H5Sclose(space);
         H5Tclose(type);