From b232a70a1735c004f9ee6fdf363def527b9234b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wei Yongjun Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:41:15 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] watchdog: move the dereference below the NULL test The dereference should be moved below the NULL test. spatch with a semantic match is used to found this. (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck --- drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c index 6aa46a90ff02..3796434991fa 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c @@ -128,11 +128,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(watchdog_register_device); void watchdog_unregister_device(struct watchdog_device *wdd) { int ret; - int devno = wdd->cdev.dev; + int devno; if (wdd == NULL) return; + devno = wdd->cdev.dev; ret = watchdog_dev_unregister(wdd); if (ret) pr_err("error unregistering /dev/watchdog (err=%d)\n", ret); -- 2.20.1