linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/7] drivers/serial/jsm: Move a dereference below a NULL test

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Date:	Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:28:34 +0100 (CET)
From:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
To:	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/7] drivers/serial/jsm: 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>
@disable is_null@
identifier f;
expression E;
identifier fld;
statement S;
@@

+ if (E == NULL) S
  f(...,E->fld,...);
- if (E == NULL) S

@@
identifier f;
expression E;
identifier fld;
statement S;
@@

+ if (!E) S
  f(...,E->fld,...);
- if (!E) S
// </smpl>

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

---
 drivers/serial/jsm/jsm_neo.c        |    7 ++++---
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/serial/jsm/jsm_neo.c b/drivers/serial/jsm/jsm_neo.c
index b7584ca..0119d9a 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/jsm/jsm_neo.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/jsm/jsm_neo.c
@@ -574,12 +574,13 @@ static void neo_parse_modem(struct jsm_channel *ch, u8 signals)
 {
 	u8 msignals = signals;
 
-	jsm_printk(MSIGS, INFO, &ch->ch_bd->pci_dev,
-			"neo_parse_modem: port: %d msignals: %x\n", ch->ch_portnum, msignals);
-
 	if (!ch)
 		return;
 
+	jsm_printk(MSIGS, INFO, &ch->ch_bd->pci_dev,
+			"neo_parse_modem: port: %d msignals: %x\n",
+			ch->ch_portnum, msignals);
+
 	/* Scrub off lower bits. They signify delta's, which I don't care about */
 	/* Keep DDCD and DDSR though */
 	msignals &= 0xf8;
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