If the NULL test is necessary, the initialization involving a dereference of the tested value should be moved after the NULL test. The sematic patch that fixes this problem 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> --- drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c index 7b9ec6e..95a4b60 100644 --- a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c +++ b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c @@ -277,12 +277,13 @@ static void em28xx_copy_vbi(struct em28xx *dev, { void *startwrite, *startread; int offset; - int bytesperline = dev->vbi_width; + int bytesperline; if (dev == NULL) { em28xx_isocdbg("dev is null\n"); return; } + bytesperline = dev->vbi_width; if (dma_q == NULL) { em28xx_isocdbg("dma_q is null\n"); -- 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
