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> @disable is_null@ identifier f; expression E; identifier fld; statement S; @@ + if (E == NULL) S f(...,E->fld,...); - if (E == NULL) S @@ identifier f; expression E; identifier fld; statement S; @@ + if (!E) S f(...,E->fld,...); - if (!E) S // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/dma.c | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/dma.c b/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/dma.c index aee2aeb..f95cb02 100644 --- a/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/dma.c +++ b/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/dma.c @@ -227,14 +227,14 @@ s3c2410_dma_loadbuffer(struct s3c2410_dma_chan *chan, { unsigned long reload; - pr_debug("s3c2410_chan_loadbuffer: loading buff %p (0x%08lx,0x%06x)\n", - buf, (unsigned long)buf->data, buf->size); - if (buf == NULL) { dmawarn("buffer is NULL\n"); return -EINVAL; } + pr_debug("s3c2410_chan_loadbuffer: loading buff %p (0x%08lx,0x%06x)\n", + buf, (unsigned long)buf->data, buf->size); + /* check the state of the channel before we do anything */ if (chan->load_state == S3C2410_DMALOAD_1LOADED) { -- 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