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/usb/serial/usb-serial.c | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c index 080ade2..45f8ce8 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c @@ -509,11 +509,11 @@ static void usb_serial_port_work(struct work_struct *work) container_of(work, struct usb_serial_port, work); struct tty_struct *tty; - dbg("%s - port %d", __func__, port->number); - if (!port) return; + dbg("%s - port %d", __func__, port->number); + tty = tty_port_tty_get(&port->port); if (!tty) return; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html