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 makes this change is as follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/). // <smpl> @disable is_null@ identifier f; expression E; identifier fld; statement S; @@ + if (E == NULL) S f(...,E->fld,...); - if (E == NULL) S @@ identifier f; expression E; identifier fld; statement S; @@ + if (!E) S f(...,E->fld,...); - if (!E) S // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/eata_pio.c | 5 +++-- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/eata_pio.c b/drivers/scsi/eata_pio.c index 952505c..7fec87d 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/eata_pio.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/eata_pio.c @@ -500,10 +500,11 @@ static int eata_pio_host_reset(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd) sp = HD(cmd)->ccb[x].cmd; HD(cmd)->ccb[x].status = RESET; - printk(KERN_WARNING "eata_pio_reset: slot %d in reset, pid %ld.\n", x, sp->serial_number); - if (sp == NULL) panic("eata_pio_reset: slot %d, sp==NULL.\n", x); + printk(KERN_WARNING + "eata_pio_reset: slot %d in reset, pid %ld.\n", + x, sp->serial_number); } /* hard reset the HBA */ -- 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