From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> 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/ata/pata_at91.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -u -p a/drivers/ata/pata_at91.c b/drivers/ata/pata_at91.c --- a/drivers/ata/pata_at91.c +++ b/drivers/ata/pata_at91.c @@ -312,11 +312,12 @@ err_ide_ioremap: static int __devexit pata_at91_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) { struct ata_host *host = dev_get_drvdata(&pdev->dev); - struct at91_ide_info *info = host->private_data; + struct at91_ide_info *info; struct device *dev = &pdev->dev; if (!host) return 0; + info = host->private_data; ata_host_detach(host); -- 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