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,E1; identifier i,fld; statement S; @@ - T i = E->fld; + T i; ... when != E=E1 when != i if (E == NULL||...) S + i = E->fld; // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/bnx2x_link.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/bnx2x_link.c b/drivers/net/bnx2x_link.c index ed648ac..2ee581a 100644 --- a/drivers/net/bnx2x_link.c +++ b/drivers/net/bnx2x_link.c @@ -4212,13 +4212,14 @@ static void bnx2x_turn_off_sf(struct bnx2x *bp, u8 port) u8 bnx2x_get_ext_phy_fw_version(struct link_params *params, u8 driver_loaded, u8 *version, u16 len) { - struct bnx2x *bp = params->bp; + struct bnx2x *bp; u32 ext_phy_type = 0; u32 spirom_ver = 0; u8 status = 0 ; if (version == NULL || params == NULL) return -EINVAL; + bp = params->bp; spirom_ver = REG_RD(bp, params->shmem_base + offsetof(struct shmem_region, -- 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
