The patch titled drivers/net/wireless/libertas: move a dereference below a NULL test has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is drivers-net-wireless-libertas-move-a-dereference-below-a-null-test.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: drivers/net/wireless/libertas: move a dereference below a NULL test From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> In each case, if the NULL test is necessary, then the dereference should be moved below the NULL test. I have also taken advantage of the availability of the value of priv->dev in the subsequent calls to netif_stop_queue and netif_carrier_off. 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> Acked-by: Dan Williams <dcbw@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c~drivers-net-wireless-libertas-move-a-dereference-below-a-null-test drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c~drivers-net-wireless-libertas-move-a-dereference-below-a-null-test +++ a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c @@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lbs_start_card); void lbs_stop_card(struct lbs_private *priv) { - struct net_device *dev = priv->dev; + struct net_device *dev; struct cmd_ctrl_node *cmdnode; unsigned long flags; @@ -1377,9 +1377,10 @@ void lbs_stop_card(struct lbs_private *p if (!priv) goto out; + dev = priv->dev; - netif_stop_queue(priv->dev); - netif_carrier_off(priv->dev); + netif_stop_queue(dev); + netif_carrier_off(dev); lbs_debugfs_remove_one(priv); if (priv->mesh_tlv) { _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from julia@xxxxxxx are origin.patch linux-next.patch arch-avr32-eliminate-null-test-and-memset-after-alloc_bootmem.patch powerpc-powermac-add-missing-of_node_put.patch net-tipc-bcasth-use-array_size.patch fs-namespacec-drop-code-after-return.patch mm-page_allocc-eliminate-null-test-and-memset-after-alloc_bootmem.patch drivers-macintosh-add-missing-of_node_put-in-therm_adt746xc.patch drivers-rtc-correct-an-error-test.patch drivers-isdn-hardware-misdn-move-a-dereference-below-a-null-test.patch drivers-mmc-move-a-dereference-below-a-null-test.patch drivers-net-hamradio-6packc-move-a-dereference-below-a-null-test.patch drivers-net-wireless-libertas-move-a-dereference-below-a-null-test.patch drivers-scsi-move-a-dereference-below-a-null-test.patch drivers-spi-move-a-dereference-below-a-null-test.patch net-bridge-netfilter-move-a-dereference-below-a-null-test.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html