Hello Tariq Toukan,
Commit d3d057666090 ("net/mlx5: SD, Implement devcom communication
and primary election") from Feb 14, 2024 (linux-next), leads to the
following Smatch static checker warning:
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/sd.c:221 sd_register()
error: 'devcom' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/sd.c
206 static int sd_register(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
207 {
208 struct mlx5_devcom_comp_dev *devcom, *pos;
209 struct mlx5_core_dev *peer, *primary;
210 struct mlx5_sd *sd, *primary_sd;
211 int err, i;
212
213 sd = mlx5_get_sd(dev);
214 devcom = mlx5_devcom_register_component(dev->priv.devc, MLX5_DEVCOM_SD_GROUP,
215 sd->group_id, NULL, dev);
216 if (!devcom)
The mlx5_devcom_register_component() function returns a mix of error
pointers and NULL. It's not done really done correctly... Here is an
explanation of how that normally works:
https://staticthinking.wordpress.com/2022/08/01/mixing-error-pointers-and-null/
mlx5_devcom_register_component() is not optional so it should only
return error pointers.
217 return -ENOMEM;
218
219 sd->devcom = devcom;
220
--> 221 if (mlx5_devcom_comp_get_size(devcom) != sd->host_buses)
^^^^^^
Dead.
222 return 0;
regards,
dan carpenter
