Replace dev_err statement which dereferences a null with pr_err_once. Move if(!spi_dev) above if(dir...) block. Found using Coccinelle. Signed-off-by: Tapasweni Pathak <tapaswenipathak@xxxxxxxxx> --- Changes since v1: Replace pr_err with pr_err_once. Move if(!spi_dev). Reword commit message. Reword subject. drivers/media/i2c/s5c73m3/s5c73m3-spi.c | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/s5c73m3/s5c73m3-spi.c b/drivers/media/i2c/s5c73m3/s5c73m3-spi.c index f60b265..376b78f 100644 --- a/drivers/media/i2c/s5c73m3/s5c73m3-spi.c +++ b/drivers/media/i2c/s5c73m3/s5c73m3-spi.c @@ -46,16 +46,16 @@ static int spi_xmit(struct spi_device *spi_dev, void *addr, const int len, .len = len, }; + if(!spi_dev) { + pr_err_once("SPI device is unintialized\n"); + return -ENODEV; + } + if (dir == SPI_DIR_TX) xfer.tx_buf = addr; else xfer.rx_buf = addr; - if (spi_dev == NULL) { - dev_err(&spi_dev->dev, "SPI device is uninitialized\n"); - return -ENODEV; - } - spi_message_init(&msg); spi_message_add_tail(&xfer, &msg); -- 1.7.9.5 -- 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