From: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@xxxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 9026c0bf233db53b86f74f4c620715e94eb32a09 ] control_message() might be called with pao = NULL. Here indicates control_message() as sample. (B) static void control_message(struct hpi_adapter_obj *pao, ...) { ^^^ struct hpi_hw_obj *phw = pao->priv; ... ^^^ } (A) void _HPI_6205(struct hpi_adapter_obj *pao, ...) { ^^^ ... case HPI_OBJ_CONTROL: (B) control_message(pao, phm, phr); break; ^^^ ... } void HPI_6205(...) { ... (A) _HPI_6205(NULL, phm, phr); ... ^^^^ } Therefore, We will get too many warning via cppcheck, like below sound/pci/asihpi/hpi6205.c:238:27: warning: Possible null pointer dereference: pao [nullPointer] struct hpi_hw_obj *phw = pao->priv; ^ sound/pci/asihpi/hpi6205.c:433:13: note: Calling function '_HPI_6205', 1st argument 'NULL' value is 0 _HPI_6205(NULL, phm, phr); ^ sound/pci/asihpi/hpi6205.c:401:20: note: Calling function 'control_message', 1st argument 'pao' value is 0 control_message(pao, phm, phr); ^ Set phr->error like many functions doing, and don't call _HPI_6205() with NULL. Signed-off-by: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@xxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/87ttypeaqz.wl-kuninori.morimoto.gx@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- sound/pci/asihpi/hpi6205.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sound/pci/asihpi/hpi6205.c b/sound/pci/asihpi/hpi6205.c index 8d5abfa4e24bf..bc694a69b4b79 100644 --- a/sound/pci/asihpi/hpi6205.c +++ b/sound/pci/asihpi/hpi6205.c @@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ void HPI_6205(struct hpi_message *phm, struct hpi_response *phr) pao = hpi_find_adapter(phm->adapter_index); } else { /* subsys messages don't address an adapter */ - _HPI_6205(NULL, phm, phr); + phr->error = HPI_ERROR_INVALID_OBJ_INDEX; return; } -- 2.39.2