On Tue, Aug 01, 2023 at 08:32:18PM +0800, Kate Hsuan wrote: > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/sh_css_mipi.c b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/sh_css_mipi.c > > index b20acaab0595..ced21dedf7ac 100644 > > --- a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/sh_css_mipi.c > > +++ b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/sh_css_mipi.c > > @@ -351,15 +351,6 @@ allocate_mipi_frames(struct ia_css_pipe *pipe, > > ia_css_debug_dtrace(IA_CSS_DEBUG_TRACE_PRIVATE, > > "allocate_mipi_frames(%p) enter:\n", pipe); > > > > - assert(pipe); > > - assert(pipe->stream); > > - if ((!pipe) || (!pipe->stream)) { > > - ia_css_debug_dtrace(IA_CSS_DEBUG_TRACE_PRIVATE, > > - "allocate_mipi_frames(%p) exit: pipe or stream is null.\n", > > - pipe); > > - return -EINVAL; > > - } > > Thank you for working on this. > > The NULL test for pipe could be kept here since the caller only tests > "stream" but not test "main_pipe" is NULL. (sh_css.c line: 1799) > It dereferences main_pipe on the next line so this check would be too late. drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/sh_css.c 1799 main_pipe = stream->last_pipe; 1800 pipe_id = main_pipe->mode; Smatch says that ->last_pipe is known to be non-NULL as well. $ smdb.py create_host_pipeline drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/sh_css.c | ia_css_stream_start | create_host_pipeline | PARAM_VALUE | 0 | stream->last_pipe | 4096-ptr_max regards, dan carpenter