asoc_simple_probe() is used for both "DT probe" (A) and "platform probe" (B). It uses "goto err" when error case, but it is not needed for "platform probe" case (B). Thus it is using "return" directly there. static int asoc_simple_probe(...) { ^ if (...) { | ... (A) if (ret < 0) | goto err; v } else { ^ ... | if (ret < 0) (B) return -Exxx; v } ... ^ if (ret < 0) (C) goto err; v ... err: (D) simple_util_clean_reference(card); return ret; } Both case are using (C) part, and it calls (D) when err case. But (D) will do nothing for (B) case. Because of these behavior, current code itself is not wrong, but is confusable, and more, static analyzing tool will warning on (B) part (should use goto err). To avoid static analyzing tool warning, this patch uses "goto err" on (B) part. Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- Because original report was for "ASoC: generic: convert not to use asoc_xxx()" patch, but it is not directly related to it, it doesn't have "Closes" tag. sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c index fbb682747f59..a8bc4e45816d 100644 --- a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c +++ b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c @@ -678,10 +678,12 @@ static int asoc_simple_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) struct snd_soc_dai_link *dai_link = priv->dai_link; struct simple_dai_props *dai_props = priv->dai_props; + ret = -EINVAL; + cinfo = dev->platform_data; if (!cinfo) { dev_err(dev, "no info for asoc-simple-card\n"); - return -EINVAL; + goto err; } if (!cinfo->name || @@ -690,7 +692,7 @@ static int asoc_simple_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) !cinfo->platform || !cinfo->cpu_dai.name) { dev_err(dev, "insufficient asoc_simple_card_info settings\n"); - return -EINVAL; + goto err; } cpus = dai_link->cpus; -- 2.25.1