cppcheck warning: sound/soc/samsung/tm2_wm5110.c:605:6: style: Variable 'ret' is reassigned a value before the old one has been used. [redundantAssignment] ret = devm_snd_soc_register_component(dev, &tm2_component, ^ sound/soc/samsung/tm2_wm5110.c:554:7: note: ret is assigned ret = of_parse_phandle_with_args(dev->of_node, "i2s-controller", ^ sound/soc/samsung/tm2_wm5110.c:605:6: note: ret is overwritten ret = devm_snd_soc_register_component(dev, &tm2_component, ^ The args is a stack variable, so it could have junk (uninitialized) therefore args.np could have a non-NULL and random value even though property was missing. Later could trigger invalid pointer dereference. There's no need to check for args.np because args.np won't be initialized on errors. Fixes: 8d1513cef51a ("ASoC: samsung: Add support for HDMI audio on TM2board") Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Sylwester Nawrocki <s.nawrocki@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- sound/soc/samsung/tm2_wm5110.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sound/soc/samsung/tm2_wm5110.c b/sound/soc/samsung/tm2_wm5110.c index 9300fef9bf26..125e07f65d2b 100644 --- a/sound/soc/samsung/tm2_wm5110.c +++ b/sound/soc/samsung/tm2_wm5110.c @@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ static int tm2_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) ret = of_parse_phandle_with_args(dev->of_node, "i2s-controller", cells_name, i, &args); - if (!args.np) { + if (ret) { dev_err(dev, "i2s-controller property parse error: %d\n", i); ret = -EINVAL; goto dai_node_put; -- 2.25.1