If the NULL test on buf is needed, then the dereference should be after the
NULL test.
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@diku.dk>
Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
{
unsigned long reload;
- pr_debug("s3c2410_chan_loadbuffer: loading buff %p (0x%08lx,0x%06x)\n",
- buf, (unsigned long)buf->data, buf->size);
-
if (buf == NULL) {
dmawarn("buffer is NULL\n");
return -EINVAL;
}
+ pr_debug("s3c2410_chan_loadbuffer: loading buff %p (0x%08lx,0x%06x)\n",
+ buf, (unsigned long)buf->data, buf->size);
+
/* check the state of the channel before we do anything */
if (chan->load_state == S3C2410_DMALOAD_1LOADED) {