linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_cpdma.c: Remove potential NULL dereference

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Message-Id: <20120814.170010.1136116037664193225.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:00:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	Julia.Lawall@...6.fr
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_cpdma.c: Remove
 potential NULL dereference

From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:49:47 +0200

> From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
> 
> If the NULL test is necessary, the initialization involving a dereference of
> the tested value should be moved after the NULL test.
> 
> The sematic patch that fixes this problem is as follows:
> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
 ...
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>

Applied, thanks.
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