From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> If the NULL test on buf is needed, then the dereference should be after the NULL test. A simplified version of the semantic match that detects this problem is as follows (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/): // <smpl> @match exists@ expression x, E; identifier fld; @@ * x->fld ... when != \(x = E\|&x\) * x == NULL // </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 196b191..f046f8c 100644 --- a/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/dma.c +++ b/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/dma.c @@ -208,14 +208,14 @@ 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
