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/staging/agnx/pci.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -u -p a/drivers/staging/agnx/pci.c b/drivers/staging/agnx/pci.c --- a/drivers/staging/agnx/pci.c +++ b/drivers/staging/agnx/pci.c @@ -440,11 +440,12 @@ static struct ieee80211_ops agnx_ops = { static void __devexit agnx_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev) { struct ieee80211_hw *dev = pci_get_drvdata(pdev); - struct agnx_priv *priv = dev->priv; + struct agnx_priv *priv; AGNX_TRACE; if (!dev) return; + priv = dev->priv; ieee80211_unregister_hw(dev); pci_iounmap(pdev, priv->ctl); pci_iounmap(pdev, priv->data); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html