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/gpu/drm/drm_stub.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -u -p a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_stub.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_stub.c --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_stub.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_stub.c @@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ int drm_put_minor(struct drm_minor **min */ void drm_put_dev(struct drm_device *dev) { - struct drm_driver *driver = dev->driver; + struct drm_driver *driver; struct drm_map_list *r_list, *list_temp; DRM_DEBUG("\n"); @@ -498,6 +498,7 @@ void drm_put_dev(struct drm_device *dev) DRM_ERROR("cleanup called no dev\n"); return; } + driver = dev->driver; drm_vblank_cleanup(dev); -- 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