On 2018/9/26 22:22, Michal Suchánek wrote: > On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 19:46:08 +0800 > zhong jiang <zhongji...@huawei.com> wrote: > >> It is safe to move dereference below a NULL test. >> >> Signed-off-by: zhong jiang <zhongji...@huawei.com> >> --- >> arch/powerpc/kernel/cacheinfo.c | 5 ++--- >> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cacheinfo.c >> b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cacheinfo.c index a8f20e5..7f19714 100644 >> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cacheinfo.c >> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cacheinfo.c >> @@ -401,14 +401,13 @@ static struct cache >> *cache_lookup_or_instantiate(struct device_node *node, struct cache >> *cache; >> cache = cache_lookup_by_node(node); >> + if (!cache) >> + cache = cache_do_one_devnode(node, level); >> >> WARN_ONCE(cache && cache->level != level, > This has also null test so cache should be dereferenced only when > non-null here. :-[ , you're right. I forget WARN_ONCE. please ignore the patch.
Sincerely, zhong jiang > Thanks > > Michal > > . >