linux-kernel - [PATCH 6/11] drivers/dma: Correct NULL test

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Date:	Sat, 6 Feb 2010 09:43:41 +0100 (CET)
From:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
To:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 6/11] drivers/dma: Correct NULL test

From: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>

cohd_fin has already been verified not to be NULL, so the argument to
BUG_ON cannot be true.

A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as
follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@r@
expression *x;
expression e;
identifier l;
@@

if (x == NULL || ...) {
    ... when forall
    return ...; }
... when != goto l;
    when != x = e
    when != &x
*x == NULL
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>

---
 drivers/dma/coh901318.c             |    2 --
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/coh901318.c b/drivers/dma/coh901318.c
index b5f2ee0..64a9372 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/coh901318.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/coh901318.c
@@ -613,8 +613,6 @@ static void dma_tasklet(unsigned long data)
 	cohd_fin->pending_irqs--;
 	cohc->completed = cohd_fin->desc.cookie;
 
-	BUG_ON(cohc->nbr_active_done && cohd_fin == NULL);
-
 	if (cohc->nbr_active_done == 0)
 		return;
 
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