[PATCH] USB: hidinput_hid_event() oops fix

It seems that I see a bug in hidinput_hid_event.  The check for NULL can never
work, becaue &hidinput->input is nonzero at all times.

Cc: <vojtech@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/usb/input/hid-input.c b/drivers/usb/input/hid-input.c
index e071c8eeccee..63a4db721f7e 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/input/hid-input.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/input/hid-input.c
@@ -398,11 +398,12 @@ ignore:
 
 void hidinput_hid_event(struct hid_device *hid, struct hid_field *field, struct hid_usage *usage, __s32 value, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-        struct input_dev *input = &field->hidinput->input;
+        struct input_dev *input;
         int *quirks = &hid->quirks;
 
-        if (!input)
+        if (!field->hidinput)
                 return;
+        input = &field->hidinput->input;
 
         input_regs(input, regs);