linux-kernel - [2.6 patch] drivers/video/s3fb.c: fix a use-before-check

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Message-ID: <20070319092552.GP752@stusta.de>
Date:	Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:25:52 +0100
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Ondrej Zajicek <santiago@...reenet.org>,
	James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org>, adaplas@...il.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [2.6 patch] drivers/video/s3fb.c: fix a use-before-check

NULL checks should be before the first dereference.

Spotted by the Coverity checker.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>

---
--- linux-2.6.21-rc3-mm2/drivers/video/s3fb.c.old	2007-03-19 09:20:22.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.21-rc3-mm2/drivers/video/s3fb.c	2007-03-19 09:21:07.000000000 +0100
@@ -1000,11 +1000,12 @@ err_enable_device:
 static void __devexit s3_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct fb_info *info = pci_get_drvdata(dev);
-	struct s3fb_info *par = info->par;
 
 	if (info) {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MTRR
+		struct s3fb_info *par = info->par;
+
 		if (par->mtrr_reg >= 0) {
 			mtrr_del(par->mtrr_reg, 0, 0);
 			par->mtrr_reg = -1;

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