Re: [PATCH 1/4] drivers/block: adjust NULL test

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Fri Jul 17 2009 - 02:29:46 EST


Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx>
>
> dtp is derefenced on the lines above the test !dtp, and so it cannot be
> NULL at this point.
>
> A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as
> follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/)
>
> // <smpl>
> @r@
> expression x,E,E1;
> identifier f,l;
> position p1,p2;
> @@
>
> *x@p1->f = E1;
> ... when != x = E
> when != goto l;
> (
> *x@p2 == NULL
> |
> *x@p2 != NULL
> )
> // </smpl>
>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx>

Indeed, added to my temp block tree. Will forward upstream in a few
days.

Thanks.

--
tejun
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