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/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dw2102.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -u -p a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dw2102.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dw2102.c --- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dw2102.c +++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dw2102.c @@ -470,12 +470,13 @@ static int s6x0_i2c_transfer(struct i2c_ int num) { struct dvb_usb_device *d = i2c_get_adapdata(adap); - struct usb_device *udev = d->udev; + struct usb_device *udev; int ret = 0; int len, i, j; if (!d) return -ENODEV; + udev = d->udev; if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&d->i2c_mutex) < 0) return -EAGAIN; -- 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