The patch titled Subject: memstick: move the dereference below the NULL test has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is memstick-move-the-dereference-below-the-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 *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: memstick: move the dereference below the NULL test The dereference should be moved below the NULL test. spatch with a semantic match is used to found this. (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/memstick/host/r592.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/memstick/host/r592.c~memstick-move-the-dereference-below-the-null-test drivers/memstick/host/r592.c --- a/drivers/memstick/host/r592.c~memstick-move-the-dereference-below-the-null-test +++ a/drivers/memstick/host/r592.c @@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ static int r592_transfer_fifo_pio(struct /* Executes one TPC (data is read/written from small or large fifo) */ static void r592_execute_tpc(struct r592_device *dev) { - bool is_write = dev->req->tpc >= MS_TPC_SET_RW_REG_ADRS; + bool is_write; int len, error; u32 status, reg; @@ -463,6 +463,7 @@ static void r592_execute_tpc(struct r592 return; } + is_write = dev->req->tpc >= MS_TPC_SET_RW_REG_ADRS; len = dev->req->long_data ? dev->req->sg.length : dev->req->data_len; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from yongjun_wei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are linux-next.patch mn10300-use-for_each_pci_dev-to-simplify-the-code.patch configfs-move-the-dereference-below-the-null-test.patch memstick-move-the-dereference-below-the-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