[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Message-ID: <4A6FA17F.20507@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:10:23 -0400
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
CC: linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>, corbet@....net,
eteo@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libata: remove superfluous NULL pointer checks
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] libata: remove superfluous NULL pointer checks
>
> host->ports[] always contain pointers to valid port structures since
> a "dummy port" structure is used in case if there is no physical port.
>
> This patch takes care of two entries from Dan's list:
>
> drivers/ata/sata_sil.c +535 sil_interrupt(13) warning: variable derefenced before check 'ap'
> drivers/ata/sata_mv.c +2517 mv_unexpected_intr(6) warning: variable derefenced before check 'ap'
>
> and of another needless NULL pointer check in pata_octeon_cf.c.
>
> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
> Cc: corbet@....net
> Cc: eteo@...hat.com
> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
> ---
> drivers/ata/pata_octeon_cf.c | 3 ++-
> drivers/ata/sata_mv.c | 2 +-
> drivers/ata/sata_sil.c | 2 +-
> 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
applied to #upstream-fixes
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Powered by blists - more mailing lists