Hello Pavitrakumar M, Commit c8981d9230d8 ("crypto: spacc - Add SPAcc Skcipher support") from Jul 29, 2024 (linux-next), leads to the following Smatch static checker warning: drivers/crypto/dwc-spacc/spacc_skcipher.c:458 spacc_cipher_process() warn: bitwise AND condition is false here drivers/crypto/dwc-spacc/spacc_skcipher.c 441 } else if (readl(device_h->regmap + SPACC_REG_VERSION_EXT_3) 442 & (0x1)) { /* 16-bit counter width */ 443 444 for (i = 14; i < 16; i++) { 445 num_iv <<= 8; 446 num_iv |= ivc1[i]; 447 } 448 449 diff = SPACC_CTR_IV_MAX16 - num_iv; 450 451 if (len > diff) { 452 name = salg->calg->cra_name; 453 ret = spacc_skcipher_fallback(name, 454 req, enc_dec); 455 return ret; 456 } 457 } else if (readl(device_h->regmap + SPACC_REG_VERSION_EXT_3) --> 458 & (0x0)) { /* 8-bit counter width */ ^^^^^^^ What the deal here? Generally in the kernel we don't allow dead code. If it's necessary then we can add it later. 459 460 for (i = 15; i < 16; i++) { 461 num_iv <<= 8; 462 num_iv |= ivc1[i]; 463 } 464 465 diff = SPACC_CTR_IV_MAX8 - num_iv; 466 467 if (len > diff) { 468 name = salg->calg->cra_name; 469 ret = spacc_skcipher_fallback(name, 470 req, enc_dec); 471 return ret; 472 } 473 } 474 } regards, dan carpenter