linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/14] drivers/mmc: Move dereference after NULL test

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Date:	Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:56:04 +0200
From:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
Cc:	Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/14] drivers/mmc: Move dereference after NULL test

On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 08:40:02AM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
> 
> If the NULL test on mrq is needed, then the derefernce should be after the
> NULL test.
s/derefernce/dereference/
 
> A simplified version of the semantic match that detects this problem is as
> follows (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/):
> 
> // <smpl>
> @match exists@
> expression x, E;
> identifier fld;
> @@
> 
> * x->fld
>   ... when != \(x = E\|&x\)
> * x == NULL
> // </smpl>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
Other than that

Acked-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>

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