Do not dereference the 'struct pl330_thread *thrd' before the check for non-NULL value. This fixes following warning: drivers/dma/pl330.c:1376 pl330_submit_req() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'thrd' (see line 1367) Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/dma/pl330.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/dma/pl330.c b/drivers/dma/pl330.c index d5149aacd2fe..47d82070848d 100644 --- a/drivers/dma/pl330.c +++ b/drivers/dma/pl330.c @@ -1364,7 +1364,7 @@ static inline u32 _prepare_ccr(const struct pl330_reqcfg *rqc) static int pl330_submit_req(struct pl330_thread *thrd, struct dma_pl330_desc *desc) { - struct pl330_dmac *pl330 = thrd->dmac; + struct pl330_dmac *pl330; struct _xfer_spec xs; unsigned long flags; void __iomem *regs; @@ -1376,6 +1376,7 @@ static int pl330_submit_req(struct pl330_thread *thrd, if (!desc || !thrd || thrd->free) return -EINVAL; + pl330 = thrd->dmac; regs = thrd->dmac->base; if (pl330->state == DYING -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe dmaengine" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html