From e352614cd3e7a5f7af7cff894a3b5a705181de21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wei Yongjun Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:52:02 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] hwspinlock/core: 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: Ohad Ben-Cohen --- drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c b/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c index 1201a15784c3..db713c0dfba4 100644 --- a/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c +++ b/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c @@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwspin_lock_request_specific); */ int hwspin_lock_free(struct hwspinlock *hwlock) { - struct device *dev = hwlock->bank->dev; + struct device *dev; struct hwspinlock *tmp; int ret; @@ -561,6 +561,7 @@ int hwspin_lock_free(struct hwspinlock *hwlock) return -EINVAL; } + dev = hwlock->bank->dev; mutex_lock(&hwspinlock_tree_lock); /* make sure the hwspinlock is used */ -- 2.34.1