Re: [PATCH 7/11] drivers/net/wireless/ath9k: Move a dereferencebelow a NULL test

From: John W. Linville
Date: Thu Dec 18 2008 - 11:00:30 EST


On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 04:14:28PM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx>
>
> In each case, if the NULL test is necessary, then the dereference should be
> moved below the NULL test.
>
> The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows:
> (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/)
>
> // <smpl>
> @@
> type T;
> expression E;
> identifier i,fld;
> statement S;
> @@
>
> - T i = E->fld;
> + T i;
> ... when != E
> when != i
> if (E == NULL) S
> + i = E->fld;
> // </smpl>
>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/hw.c | 3 ++-
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/hw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/hw.c
> index 98bc25c..7d1dac6 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/hw.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/hw.c
> @@ -5581,11 +5581,12 @@ static inline bool ath9k_hw_run_init_cals(struct ath_hal *ah,
> struct ath9k_channel ichan;
> bool isCalDone;
> struct hal_cal_list *currCal = ahp->ah_cal_list_curr;
> - const struct hal_percal_data *calData = currCal->calData;
> + const struct hal_percal_data *calData;
> int i;
>
> if (currCal == NULL)
> return false;
> + calData = currCal->calData;
>
> ichan.CalValid = 0;

This patch doesn't seem to apply. I don't see this code anywhere.
Perhaps this is against some older version?

John
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