Removing static analysis error:- Possible null pointer dereference: xt Because currently xt is dereferenced before NULL check, Thus Use it after NULL Check. Signed-off-by: Maninder Singh <maninder1.s@xxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Vaneet Narang <v.narang@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/dma/at_hdmac.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/dma/at_hdmac.c b/drivers/dma/at_hdmac.c index 59892126..d313acb 100644 --- a/drivers/dma/at_hdmac.c +++ b/drivers/dma/at_hdmac.c @@ -659,14 +659,14 @@ atc_prep_dma_interleaved(struct dma_chan *chan, size_t len = 0; int i; + if (unlikely(!xt || xt->numf != 1 || !xt->frame_size)) + return NULL; + dev_info(chan2dev(chan), "%s: src=0x%08x, dest=0x%08x, numf=%d, frame_size=%d, flags=0x%lx\n", __func__, xt->src_start, xt->dst_start, xt->numf, xt->frame_size, flags); - if (unlikely(!xt || xt->numf != 1 || !xt->frame_size)) - return NULL; - /* * The controller can only "skip" X bytes every Y bytes, so we * need to make sure we are given a template that fit that -- 1.7.9.5 -- 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