Dec 16 2008

[SCSI] lpfc: Move a dereference below a NULL test 

Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>

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/)

// 
@@
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;
// 

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall 
Acked-by: James Smart 
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley 

---
 drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
index 4c77038..6c86731 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
@@ -1795,12 +1795,13 @@ lpfc_block_mgmt_io(struct lpfc_hba * phba)
 int
 lpfc_online(struct lpfc_hba *phba)
 {
-	struct lpfc_vport *vport = phba->pport;
+	struct lpfc_vport *vport;
 	struct lpfc_vport **vports;
 	int i;
 
 	if (!phba)
 		return 0;
+	vport = phba->pport;
 
 	if (!(vport->fc_flag & FC_OFFLINE_MODE))
 		return 0;

qlambert