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: Bhanu Prakash Gollapudi <bprakash@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <JBottomley@Parallels.com>
 static int bnx2fc_initiate_tmf(struct scsi_cmnd *sc_cmd, u8 tm_flags)
 {
        struct fc_lport *lport;
-       struct fc_rport *rport = starget_to_rport(scsi_target(sc_cmd->device));
-       struct fc_rport_libfc_priv *rp = rport->dd_data;
+       struct fc_rport *rport;
+       struct fc_rport_libfc_priv *rp;
        struct fcoe_port *port;
        struct bnx2fc_interface *interface;
        struct bnx2fc_rport *tgt;
        unsigned long start = jiffies;
 
        lport = shost_priv(host);
+       rport = starget_to_rport(scsi_target(sc_cmd->device));
        port = lport_priv(lport);
        interface = port->priv;
 
                rc = FAILED;
                goto tmf_err;
        }
+       rp = rport->dd_data;
 
        rc = fc_block_scsi_eh(sc_cmd);
        if (rc)