From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> If the NULL test is necessary, then the dereference should be moved below the NULL test. The semantic patch that finds this problem is as follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // <smpl> @@ type T; expression E,E1; identifier i,fld; statement S; @@ - T i = E->fld; + T i; ... when != E=E1 when != i if (E == NULL||...) S + i = E->fld; // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c | 5 +++-- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c index 3d27c97..fc8311b 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c +++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c @@ -668,10 +668,11 @@ out: void pcie_aspm_exit_link_state(struct pci_dev *pdev) { struct pci_dev *parent = pdev->bus->self; - struct pcie_link_state *link_state = parent->link_state; + struct pcie_link_state *link_state; - if (aspm_disabled || !pdev->is_pcie || !parent || !link_state) + if (aspm_disabled || !pdev->is_pcie || !parent || !parent->link_state) return; + link_state = parent->link_state; if (parent->pcie_type != PCI_EXP_TYPE_ROOT_PORT && parent->pcie_type != PCI_EXP_TYPE_DOWNSTREAM) return; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html