Also the other one in lio_vf_main.c drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c:1635 liquidio_napi_poll() error: we previously assumed 'iq' could be null (see line 1621) regards, dan carpenter On Mon, Feb 06, 2017 at 12:08:45PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote: > Hello Satanand Burla, > > This is a semi-automatic email about new static checker warnings. > > The patch cdb478e5e413: "liquidio: fix for iq and droq cnts going > negative" from Jan 31, 2017, leads to the following Smatch complaint: > > drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c:2450 liquidio_napi_poll() > error: we previously assumed 'iq' could be null (see line 2436) > > drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c > 2435 iq = oct->instr_queue[iq_no]; > 2436 if (iq) { > ^^ > Old code assumed "iq" can be NULL. > > 2437 /* Process iq buffers with in the budget limits */ > 2438 tx_done = octeon_flush_iq(oct, iq, budget); > 2439 /* Update iq read-index rather than waiting for next interrupt. > 2440 * Return back if tx_done is false. > 2441 */ > 2442 update_txq_status(oct, iq_no); > 2443 } else { > 2444 dev_err(&oct->pci_dev->dev, "%s: iq (%d) num invalid\n", > 2445 __func__, iq_no); > 2446 } > 2447 > 2448 /* force enable interrupt if reg cnts are high to avoid wraparound */ > 2449 if ((work_done < budget && tx_done) || > 2450 (iq->pkt_in_done >= MAX_REG_CNT) || > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > New code adds unchecked dereference. > > 2451 (droq->pkt_count >= MAX_REG_CNT)) { > 2452 tx_done = 1; > > regards, > dan carpenter > -- > 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 -- 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