On 29/10/11 10:58, Julia Lawall wrote: > From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> > > Delete di->name from the error reporting code, as it is meaningless if di > is NULL. > > The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: > (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) > > // <smpl> > @r@ > expression E, E1; > identifier f; > statement S1,S2,S3; > @@ > > if (E == NULL) > { > ... when != if (E == NULL || ...) S1 else S2 > when != E = E1 > *E->f > ... when any > return ...; > } > else S3 > // </smpl> > > Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> > > --- > drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/dma.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/dma.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/dma.c > index b56a302..1d66f53 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/dma.c > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/dma.c > @@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ static uint _dma_ctrlflags(struct dma_info *di, uint mask, uint flags) > uint dmactrlflags = di->dma.dmactrlflags; If di is null, we've already failed as it's dereferenced here. > if (di == NULL) { > - DMA_ERROR(("%s: _dma_ctrlflags: NULL dma handle\n", di->name)); > + DMA_ERROR(("_dma_ctrlflags: NULL dma handle\n")); > return 0; > } So, a better patch would be something like this: (apologies if this doesn't apply - I've pretty much built it manually) --- Though it's unlikely, di may be null, so we can't dereference di->dma.dmactrlflags until we've checked it. Move this de-reference after the check, and adjust the error message to not require de-referencing di. This is based upon Julia's original patch: <1319846297-2985-2-git-send-email-julia@xxxxxxx> Reported-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@xxxxxxxxx> CC: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/dma.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/dma.c index b56a302..6ebec8f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/dma.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/dma.c @@ -358,13 +358,14 @@ static uint nrxdactive(struct dma_info *di, uint h, uint t static uint _dma_ctrlflags(struct dma_info *di, uint mask, uint flags) { - uint dmactrlflags = di->dma.dmactrlflags; + uint dmactrlflags; if (di == NULL) { - DMA_ERROR(("%s: _dma_ctrlflags: NULL dma handle\n", di->name)); + DMA_ERROR(("_dma_ctrlflags: NULL dma handle\n")); return 0; } + dmactrlflags = di->dma.dmactrlflags; dmactrlflags &= ~mask; dmactrlflags |= flags; -- Julian Calaby Email: julian.calaby@xxxxxxxxx Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/ .Plan: http://sites.google.com/site/juliancalaby -- 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
