Put NULL test on the result of the previous call instead on one of its arguments. A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as follows (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/): // <smpl> r@ expression *e1; expression *e2; identifier f; statement S1,S2; @@ e1 = f(...,e2,...); ( if (e1 == NULL || ...) S1 else S2 | *if (e2 == NULL || ...) S1 else S2 ) // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/clk/versatile/clk-versatile.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/clk/versatile/clk-versatile.c b/drivers/clk/versatile/clk-versatile.c index a76981e..7a4f863 100644 --- a/drivers/clk/versatile/clk-versatile.c +++ b/drivers/clk/versatile/clk-versatile.c @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static void __init cm_osc_setup(struct device_node *np, struct device_node *parent; parent = of_get_parent(np); - if (!np) { + if (!parent) { pr_err("no parent on core module clock\n"); return; } -- 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