Hello Likun Gao, Commit b412351e91bd ("drm/amdgpu: Add sdma v7_0 ip block support (v7)") from Jul 4, 2023 (linux-next), leads to the following Smatch static checker warning: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/sdma_v7_0.c:171 sdma_v7_0_ring_set_wptr() warn: duplicate check '*is_queue_unmap' (previous on line 161) drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/sdma_v7_0.c 140 static void sdma_v7_0_ring_set_wptr(struct amdgpu_ring *ring) 141 { 142 struct amdgpu_device *adev = ring->adev; 143 uint32_t *wptr_saved; 144 uint32_t *is_queue_unmap; 145 uint64_t aggregated_db_index; 146 uint32_t mqd_size = adev->mqds[AMDGPU_HW_IP_DMA].mqd_size; 147 148 DRM_DEBUG("Setting write pointer\n"); 149 150 if (ring->is_mes_queue) { 151 wptr_saved = (uint32_t *)(ring->mqd_ptr + mqd_size); 152 is_queue_unmap = (uint32_t *)(ring->mqd_ptr + mqd_size + ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Set here 153 sizeof(uint32_t)); 154 aggregated_db_index = 155 amdgpu_mes_get_aggregated_doorbell_index(adev, 156 ring->hw_prio); 157 158 atomic64_set((atomic64_t *)ring->wptr_cpu_addr, 159 ring->wptr << 2); 160 *wptr_saved = ring->wptr << 2; 161 if (*is_queue_unmap) { ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Checked here 162 WDOORBELL64(aggregated_db_index, ring->wptr << 2); 163 DRM_DEBUG("calling WDOORBELL64(0x%08x, 0x%016llx)\n", 164 ring->doorbell_index, ring->wptr << 2); 165 WDOORBELL64(ring->doorbell_index, ring->wptr << 2); 166 } else { 167 DRM_DEBUG("calling WDOORBELL64(0x%08x, 0x%016llx)\n", 168 ring->doorbell_index, ring->wptr << 2); 169 WDOORBELL64(ring->doorbell_index, ring->wptr << 2); 170 --> 171 if (*is_queue_unmap) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This is dead code. We know it's false. 172 WDOORBELL64(aggregated_db_index, 173 ring->wptr << 2); 174 } 175 } else { 176 if (ring->use_doorbell) { 177 DRM_DEBUG("Using doorbell -- " 178 "wptr_offs == 0x%08x " regards, dan carpenter