Dne 31. 03. 21 v 17:17 Colin Ian King napsal(a): > Hi, > > Static analysis on linux-next with Coverity has detected a potential > issue in the following commit: > > commit 3f0638a0333bfdd0549985aa620f2ab69737af47 > Author: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@xxxxxxxx> > Date: Wed Mar 17 18:29:41 2021 +0100 > > ALSA: control - add layer registration routines > > The static analysis is as follows: > > 2072 void snd_ctl_disconnect_layer(struct snd_ctl_layer_ops *lops) > 2073 { > 2074 struct snd_ctl_layer_ops *lops2, *prev_lops2; > 2075 > 2076 down_write(&snd_ctl_layer_rwsem); > > assignment: Assigning: prev_lops2 = NULL. > > 2077 for (lops2 = snd_ctl_layer, prev_lops2 = NULL; lops2; lops2 > = lops2->next) > 2078 if (lops2 == lops) { > > null: At condition prev_lops2, the value of prev_lops2 must be NULL. > dead_error_condition: The condition !prev_lops2 must be true. > > 2079 if (!prev_lops2) > 2080 snd_ctl_layer = lops->next; > 2081 else > > 'Constant' variable guards dead code (DEADCODE) dead_error_line: > Execution cannot reach this statement: prev_lops2->next = lops->next;. > Local variable prev_lops2 is assigned only once, to a constant > value, making it effectively constant throughout its scope. If this is > not the intent, examine the logic to see if there is a missing > assignment that would make prev_lops2 not remain constant. > > 2082 prev_lops2->next = lops->next; > 2083 break; > 2084 } > 2085 up_write(&snd_ctl_layer_rwsem); > 2086 } > > I couldn't quite figure out the original intent of the prev_lops use, so > I'd thought I'd report this issue as the code does look incorrect. Thank you. I submitted the fix here: https://lore.kernel.org/alsa-devel/20210331180702.663489-1-perex@xxxxxxxx/ Jaroslav -- Jaroslav Kysela <perex@xxxxxxxx> Linux Sound Maintainer; ALSA Project; Red Hat, Inc.