[PATCH] Hotplug: Make dev->bus checking consistent

[Greg KH]

[PATCH] Hotplug: Make dev->bus checking consistent

Earlier in the same function dev->bus is checked before dereferenced,
make consistent although I honestly don't know if dev->bus could
ever be NULL

Found by the Coverity tool

Signed-off-by: Alexander Nyberg <alexn@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

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commit 177a4324944478f2799ce4ede2797cb0f602f274
tree cc42dcdbce1c3b53ea147abd3ebf784f0d2bf1bc
parent 897f5ab2cd733a77a2279268262919caa8154b9d
author Alexander Nyberg <alexn@xxxxxxxxx> 1109421531 +0100
committer Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx> 1115275477 -0700

Index: drivers/base/core.c
===================================================================
--- 95866d31faa6db4ec786399296238344c7cfea0c/drivers/base/core.c  (mode:100644 sha1:a7cedd8cefe5385a8d2eb6f334c8661454c443d7)
+++ cc42dcdbce1c3b53ea147abd3ebf784f0d2bf1bc/drivers/base/core.c  (mode:100644 sha1:268a9c8d168b6ac72a46e0c624830b030b79df51)
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 	buffer = &buffer[length];
 	buffer_size -= length;
 
-	if (dev->bus->hotplug) {
+	if (dev->bus && dev->bus->hotplug) {
 		/* have the bus specific function add its stuff */
 		retval = dev->bus->hotplug (dev, envp, num_envp, buffer, buffer_size);
 			if (retval) {

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