From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> In each case, if the NULL test is necessary, then the dereference should be moved below the NULL test. The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // <smpl> @@ type T; expression E; identifier i,fld; statement S; @@ - T i = E->fld; + T i; ... when != E when != i if (E == NULL) S + i = E->fld; // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/ide/cs5530.c | 3 ++- drivers/ide/sc1200.c | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/ide/cs5530.c b/drivers/ide/cs5530.c index 53f079c..d8ede85 100644 --- a/drivers/ide/cs5530.c +++ b/drivers/ide/cs5530.c @@ -81,11 +81,12 @@ static u8 cs5530_udma_filter(ide_drive_t *drive) { ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif; ide_drive_t *mate = ide_get_pair_dev(drive); - u16 *mateid = mate->id; + u16 *mateid; u8 mask = hwif->ultra_mask; if (mate == NULL) goto out; + mateid = mate->id; if (ata_id_has_dma(mateid) && __ide_dma_bad_drive(mate) == 0) { if ((mateid[ATA_ID_FIELD_VALID] & 4) && diff --git a/drivers/ide/sc1200.c b/drivers/ide/sc1200.c index f1a8758..ec7f766 100644 --- a/drivers/ide/sc1200.c +++ b/drivers/ide/sc1200.c @@ -104,11 +104,12 @@ static u8 sc1200_udma_filter(ide_drive_t *drive) { ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif; ide_drive_t *mate = ide_get_pair_dev(drive); - u16 *mateid = mate->id; + u16 *mateid; u8 mask = hwif->ultra_mask; if (mate == NULL) goto out; + mateid = mate->id; if (ata_id_has_dma(mateid) && __ide_dma_bad_drive(mate) == 0) { if ((mateid[ATA_ID_FIELD_VALID] & 4) && -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html