If getpaths() returned an odd number this would be a buffer under-run and an endless loop. It turns out that getpaths() can only return even numbers, but let's make it easy for people auditing code. With the new code you don't need to look at getpaths(). This silences a smatch warning. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/sound/pci/riptide/riptide.c b/sound/pci/riptide/riptide.c index e66ef2b..a5924af 100644 --- a/sound/pci/riptide/riptide.c +++ b/sound/pci/riptide/riptide.c @@ -1974,9 +1974,9 @@ snd_riptide_proc_read(struct snd_info_entry *entry, } snd_iprintf(buffer, "Paths:\n"); i = getpaths(cif, p); - while (i--) { - snd_iprintf(buffer, "%x->%x ", p[i - 1], p[i]); - i--; + while (i >= 2) { + i -= 2; + snd_iprintf(buffer, "%x->%x ", p[i], p[i + 1]); } snd_iprintf(buffer, "\n"); } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html