netdev - [PATCH 4/5] drivers/net: Move a dereference below a NULL test

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Date:	Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:50:49 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
To:	maxk@...lcomm.com, vtun@...ice.satix.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] drivers/net: Move a dereference below a NULL test

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

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>
@@
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@...u.dk>

---
 drivers/net/tun.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -u -p a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -486,11 +486,12 @@ static unsigned int tun_chr_poll(struct 
 {
 	struct tun_file *tfile = file->private_data;
 	struct tun_struct *tun = __tun_get(tfile);
-	struct sock *sk = tun->sk;
+	struct sock *sk;
 	unsigned int mask = 0;
 
 	if (!tun)
 		return POLLERR;
+	sk = tun->sk;
 
 	DBG(KERN_INFO "%s: tun_chr_poll\n", tun->dev->name);
 
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