If the NULL test is necessary, the initialization involving a dereference of
the tested value should be moved after the NULL test.
The sematic patch that fixes this problem is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
// <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.Lawall@lip6.fr>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Julia Lawall