Hello Peng Zhang, This is a semi-automatic email about new static checker warnings. The patch d126b5d9410f: "maple_tree: make mas_validate_gaps() to check metadata" from Jul 11, 2023, leads to the following Smatch complaint: tools/testing/radix-tree/../../../lib/maple_tree.c:6989 mas_validate_gaps() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'gaps' (see line 6983) tools/testing/radix-tree/../../../lib/maple_tree.c 6982 6983 if (gaps[offset] != max_gap) { ^^^^^ Dereferenced. 6984 pr_err("gap %p[%u] is not the largest gap %lu\n", 6985 node, offset, max_gap); 6986 MT_BUG_ON(mas->tree, 1); 6987 } 6988 6989 MT_BUG_ON(mas->tree, !gaps); ^^^^^ Checked too late. This is pointless as well. Just delete this line. 6990 for (i++ ; i < mt_slot_count(mte); i++) { 6991 if (gaps[i] != 0) { regards, dan carpenter