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> --- drivers/serial/jsm/jsm_neo.c | 7 ++++--- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/serial/jsm/jsm_neo.c b/drivers/serial/jsm/jsm_neo.c index b7584ca..0119d9a 100644 --- a/drivers/serial/jsm/jsm_neo.c +++ b/drivers/serial/jsm/jsm_neo.c @@ -574,12 +574,13 @@ static void neo_parse_modem(struct jsm_channel *ch, u8 signals) { u8 msignals = signals; - jsm_printk(MSIGS, INFO, &ch->ch_bd->pci_dev, - "neo_parse_modem: port: %d msignals: %x\n", ch->ch_portnum, msignals); - if (!ch) return; + jsm_printk(MSIGS, INFO, &ch->ch_bd->pci_dev, + "neo_parse_modem: port: %d msignals: %x\n", + ch->ch_portnum, msignals); + /* Scrub off lower bits. They signify delta's, which I don't care about */ /* Keep DDCD and DDSR though */ msignals &= 0xf8; -- 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