Sparse is reporting a "we previously assumed 'src' could be null" error. This is true as far as the static analyzer can see, but in practice only IPIs can set shorthand to self and they also set 'src', so it's ok. Still, move the initialization of x2apic_ipi (and thus the NULL check for src right before the first use. While at it, initializing ret to "false" is somewhat confusing because of the almost immediate assigned of "true" to the same variable. Thus, initialize it to "true" and modify it in the only path that used to use the value from "bool ret = false". There is no change in generated code from this change. Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c index 30721bf996f8..4071eb161c8f 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c @@ -683,8 +683,7 @@ bool kvm_irq_delivery_to_apic_fast(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_lapic *src, unsigned long bitmap = 1; struct kvm_lapic **dst; int i; - bool ret = false; - bool x2apic_ipi = src && apic_x2apic_mode(src); + bool ret, x2apic_ipi; *r = -1; @@ -696,16 +695,18 @@ bool kvm_irq_delivery_to_apic_fast(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_lapic *src, if (irq->shorthand) return false; + x2apic_ipi = src && apic_x2apic_mode(src); if (irq->dest_id == (x2apic_ipi ? X2APIC_BROADCAST : APIC_BROADCAST)) return false; + ret = true; rcu_read_lock(); map = rcu_dereference(kvm->arch.apic_map); - if (!map) + if (!map) { + ret = false; goto out; - - ret = true; + } if (irq->dest_mode == APIC_DEST_PHYSICAL) { if (irq->dest_id >= ARRAY_SIZE(map->phys_map)) -- 2.3.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html