This function is only called from snd_ctl_ioctl() and the file parameter can never be null so there is no need to check it here. We dereference file at the start of the function: struct snd_card *card = file->card; and it confuses static checkers to dereference a pointer before checking it. regards, dan carpenter Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> --- orig/sound/core/control.c 2009-11-17 07:15:04.000000000 +0200 +++ devel/sound/core/control.c 2009-11-17 07:40:30.000000000 +0200 @@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@ goto __kctl_end; } if (vd->access & SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_ACCESS_TLV_CALLBACK) { - if (file && vd->owner != NULL && vd->owner != file) { + if (vd->owner != NULL && vd->owner != file) { err = -EPERM; goto __kctl_end; } _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel