tree 08d57c28a83ba2c633c91df8490e37f6d4adc03f
parent 463889e27e6f4f097374a6c9de5611f520766dad
author Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> 1248675343 +0000
committer David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 1248719729 -0700

net/netlabel: Correct redundant test

entry was tested for NULL near the beginning of the function, followed by a
return, and there is no intervening modification of its value.

A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as
follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/)

// <smpl>
@r exists@
local idexpression x;
expression E;
position p1,p2;
@@

if (x == NULL || ...) { ... when forall
   return ...; }
... when != \(x=E\|x--\|x++\|--x\|++x\|x-=E\|x+=E\|x|=E\|x&=E\|&x\)
(
*x == NULL
|
*x != NULL
)
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>