Static checker warns: Pointer 'hlink' returned from call to function 'snd_hdac_ext_bus_get_link' at line may be NULL and will be dereferenced" So we should always check the return of snd_hdac_ext_bus_get_link() before referencing the link pointer Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@xxxxxxxxx> --- sound/soc/codecs/hdac_hdmi.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/hdac_hdmi.c b/sound/soc/codecs/hdac_hdmi.c index 13002f33384e..cc7bb77a28f1 100644 --- a/sound/soc/codecs/hdac_hdmi.c +++ b/sound/soc/codecs/hdac_hdmi.c @@ -1388,6 +1388,11 @@ static int hdmi_codec_probe(struct snd_soc_codec *codec) * exit, we call pm_runtime_suspend() so that will do for us */ hlink = snd_hdac_ext_bus_get_link(edev->ebus, dev_name(&edev->hdac.dev)); + if (!hlink) { + dev_err(&edev->hdac.dev, "hdac link not found\n"); + return -EIO; + } + snd_hdac_ext_bus_link_get(edev->ebus, hlink); ret = create_fill_widget_route_map(dapm); @@ -1494,6 +1499,11 @@ static int hdac_hdmi_dev_probe(struct hdac_ext_device *edev) /* hold the ref while we probe */ hlink = snd_hdac_ext_bus_get_link(edev->ebus, dev_name(&edev->hdac.dev)); + if (!hlink) { + dev_err(&edev->hdac.dev, "hdac link not found\n"); + return -EIO; + } + snd_hdac_ext_bus_link_get(edev->ebus, hlink); hdmi_priv = devm_kzalloc(&codec->dev, sizeof(*hdmi_priv), GFP_KERNEL); @@ -1600,6 +1610,11 @@ static int hdac_hdmi_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev) } hlink = snd_hdac_ext_bus_get_link(ebus, dev_name(dev)); + if (!hlink) { + dev_err(dev, "hdac link not found\n"); + return -EIO; + } + snd_hdac_ext_bus_link_put(ebus, hlink); return 0; @@ -1621,6 +1636,11 @@ static int hdac_hdmi_runtime_resume(struct device *dev) return 0; hlink = snd_hdac_ext_bus_get_link(ebus, dev_name(dev)); + if (!hlink) { + dev_err(dev, "hdac link not found\n"); + return -EIO; + } + snd_hdac_ext_bus_link_get(ebus, hlink); err = snd_hdac_display_power(bus, true); -- 1.9.1 _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel