[5/14] drivers/acpi: Move dereference after NULL test

Commit Message

Julia Lawall Oct. 17, 2009, 6:34 a.m. UTC

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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_throttling.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_throttling.c
index 4c6c14c..1c5d7a8 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_throttling.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_throttling.c
@@ -1133,15 +1133,15 @@  int acpi_processor_get_throttling_info(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 	int result = 0;
 	struct acpi_processor_throttling *pthrottling;
 
+	if (!pr)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO,
 			  "pblk_address[0x%08x] duty_offset[%d] duty_width[%d]\n",
 			  pr->throttling.address,
 			  pr->throttling.duty_offset,
 			  pr->throttling.duty_width));
 
-	if (!pr)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	/*
 	 * Evaluate _PTC, _TSS and _TPC
 	 * They must all be present or none of them can be used.