Hi Julia, > From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> > diff -puN drivers/media/video/davinci/vpif_display.c~drivers-media-video-move-dereference-after-null-test drivers/media/video/davinci/vpif_display.c > --- a/drivers/media/video/davinci/vpif_display.c~drivers-media-video-move-dereference-after-null-test > +++ a/drivers/media/video/davinci/vpif_display.c > @@ -383,8 +383,6 @@ static int vpif_get_std_info(struct chan > int index; > > std_info->stdid = vid_ch->stdid; > - if (!std_info) > - return -1; > > for (index = 0; index < ARRAY_SIZE(ch_params); index++) { > config = &ch_params[index]; IMO, the better would be to move the if to happen before the usage of std_info, and make it return a proper error code, instead of -1. Murali, Any comments? > diff -puN drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-alsa.c~drivers-media-video-move-dereference-after-null-test drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-alsa.c > --- a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-alsa.c~drivers-media-video-move-dereference-after-null-test > +++ a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-alsa.c > @@ -1011,8 +1011,6 @@ static int snd_card_saa7134_new_mixer(sn > unsigned int idx; > int err, addr; > > - if (snd_BUG_ON(!chip)) > - return -EINVAL; > strcpy(card->mixername, "SAA7134 Mixer"); The better here is to keep the BUG_ON and moving this initialization: struct snd_card *card = chip->card; to happen after the test. > > for (idx = 0; idx < ARRAY_SIZE(snd_saa7134_volume_controls); idx++) { > diff -puN drivers/media/video/usbvideo/quickcam_messenger.c~drivers-media-video-move-dereference-after-null-test drivers/media/video/usbvideo/quickcam_messenger.c > --- a/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/quickcam_messenger.c~drivers-media-video-move-dereference-after-null-test > +++ a/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/quickcam_messenger.c > @@ -692,12 +692,13 @@ static int qcm_start_data(struct uvd *uv > > static void qcm_stop_data(struct uvd *uvd) > { > - struct qcm *cam = (struct qcm *) uvd->user_data; > + struct qcm *cam; > int i, j; > int ret; > > if ((uvd == NULL) || (!uvd->streaming) || (uvd->dev == NULL)) > return; > + cam = (struct qcm *) uvd->user_data; > > ret = qcm_camera_off(uvd); > if (ret) OK. Cheers, Mauro -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html