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://coccinelle.lip6.fr/). // <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> --- fs/ceph/osd_client.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -u -p a/fs/ceph/osd_client.c b/fs/ceph/osd_client.c --- a/fs/ceph/osd_client.c +++ b/fs/ceph/osd_client.c @@ -1244,11 +1244,12 @@ int ceph_osdc_writepages(struct ceph_osd static void dispatch(struct ceph_connection *con, struct ceph_msg *msg) { struct ceph_osd *osd = con->private; - struct ceph_osd_client *osdc = osd->o_osdc; + struct ceph_osd_client *osdc; int type = le16_to_cpu(msg->hdr.type); if (!osd) return; + osdc = osd->o_osdc; switch (type) { case CEPH_MSG_OSD_MAP: -- 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