Hello Naveen Mamindlapalli, The patch 2ef4e45d99b1: "octeontx2-af: Add PTP PPS Errata workaround on CN10K silicon" from Sep 10, 2022, leads to the following Smatch static checker warning: drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/ptp.c:455 ptp_remove() warn: variable dereferenced before IS_ERR check 'ptp' (see line 452) drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/ptp.c 447 static void ptp_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev) 448 { 449 struct ptp *ptp = pci_get_drvdata(pdev); 450 u64 clock_cfg; 451 452 if (cn10k_ptp_errata(ptp) && hrtimer_active(&ptp->hrtimer)) ^^^ ^^^^ 453 hrtimer_cancel(&ptp->hrtimer); ^^^^ Dereferences. 454 --> 455 if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ptp)) ^^^ Checked too late. Hopefully this check can be removed. 456 return; 457 458 /* Disable PTP clock */ 459 clock_cfg = readq(ptp->reg_base + PTP_CLOCK_CFG); 460 clock_cfg &= ~PTP_CLOCK_CFG_PTP_EN; 461 writeq(clock_cfg, ptp->reg_base + PTP_CLOCK_CFG); 462 } regards, dan carpenter