From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> In each case, if the NULL test is necessary, then the dereference should be moved below the NULL test. The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // <smpl> @@ type T; expression E; identifier i,fld; statement S; @@ - T i = E->fld; + T i; ... when != E when != i if (E == NULL) S + i = E->fld; // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c index 909be33..9a01cf0 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c @@ -1736,12 +1736,13 @@ lpfc_block_mgmt_io(struct lpfc_hba * phba) int lpfc_online(struct lpfc_hba *phba) { - struct lpfc_vport *vport = phba->pport; + struct lpfc_vport *vport; struct lpfc_vport **vports; int i; if (!phba) return 0; + vport = phba->pport; if (!(vport->fc_flag & FC_OFFLINE_MODE)) return 0; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html