Hi Sudip, [auto build test WARNING on v5.4-rc8] [cannot apply to tty/tty-testing next-20191122] [if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improve the system. BTW, we also suggest to use '--base' option to specify the base tree in git format-patch, please see https://stackoverflow.com/a/37406982] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Sudip-Mukherjee/tty-remove-unused-argument-from-tty_open_by_driver/20191123-164153 base: af42d3466bdc8f39806b26f593604fdc54140bcb If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> smatch warnings: drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1360 tty_init_dev() error: we previously assumed 'tty->port' could be null (see line 1348) # https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commit/8de47da07f8c6fe6f631965cafb384cd0d72ce40 git remote add linux-review https://github.com/0day-ci/linux git remote update linux-review git checkout 8de47da07f8c6fe6f631965cafb384cd0d72ce40 vim +1360 drivers/tty/tty_io.c 8de47da07f8c6f drivers/tty/tty_io.c Sudip Mukherjee 2019-11-20 1318 struct tty_struct *tty_init_dev(struct tty_driver *driver, int idx, 8de47da07f8c6f drivers/tty/tty_io.c Sudip Mukherjee 2019-11-20 1319 int retry) ^1da177e4c3f41 drivers/char/tty_io.c Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 1320 { bf970ee46e0fb3 drivers/char/tty_io.c Alan Cox 2008-10-13 1321 struct tty_struct *tty; 73ec06fc5f5c8e drivers/char/tty_io.c Alan Cox 2008-10-13 1322 int retval; ^1da177e4c3f41 drivers/char/tty_io.c Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 1323 ^1da177e4c3f41 drivers/char/tty_io.c Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 1324 /* ^1da177e4c3f41 drivers/char/tty_io.c Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 1325 * First time open is complex, especially for PTY devices. ^1da177e4c3f41 drivers/char/tty_io.c Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 1326 * This code guarantees that either everything succeeds and the ^1da177e4c3f41 drivers/char/tty_io.c Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 1327 * TTY is ready for operation, or else the table slots are vacated ^1da177e4c3f41 drivers/char/tty_io.c Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 1328 * and the allocated memory released. (Except that the termios 16b00ae82dce0e drivers/tty/tty_io.c Johan Hovold 2017-03-30 1329 * may be retained.) ^1da177e4c3f41 drivers/char/tty_io.c Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 1330 */ ^1da177e4c3f41 drivers/char/tty_io.c Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 1331 73ec06fc5f5c8e drivers/char/tty_io.c Alan Cox 2008-10-13 1332 if (!try_module_get(driver->owner)) 73ec06fc5f5c8e drivers/char/tty_io.c Alan Cox 2008-10-13 1333 return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV); ^1da177e4c3f41 drivers/char/tty_io.c Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 1334 2c964a2f4191f2 drivers/tty/tty_io.c Rasmus Villemoes 2014-07-10 1335 tty = alloc_tty_struct(driver, idx); d5543503753983 drivers/tty/tty_io.c Jiri Slaby 2011-03-23 1336 if (!tty) { d5543503753983 drivers/tty/tty_io.c Jiri Slaby 2011-03-23 1337 retval = -ENOMEM; d5543503753983 drivers/tty/tty_io.c Jiri Slaby 2011-03-23 1338 goto err_module_put; d5543503753983 drivers/tty/tty_io.c Jiri Slaby 2011-03-23 1339 } ^1da177e4c3f41 drivers/char/tty_io.c Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 1340 89c8d91e31f267 drivers/tty/tty_io.c Alan Cox 2012-08-08 1341 tty_lock(tty); 73ec06fc5f5c8e drivers/char/tty_io.c Alan Cox 2008-10-13 1342 retval = tty_driver_install_tty(driver, tty); d5543503753983 drivers/tty/tty_io.c Jiri Slaby 2011-03-23 1343 if (retval < 0) c8b710b3e43481 drivers/tty/tty_io.c Peter Hurley 2016-01-09 1344 goto err_free_tty; 8b0a88d5912ab5 drivers/char/tty_io.c Alan Cox 2008-10-13 1345 04831dc154df9b drivers/tty/tty_io.c Jiri Slaby 2012-06-04 1346 if (!tty->port) 04831dc154df9b drivers/tty/tty_io.c Jiri Slaby 2012-06-04 1347 tty->port = driver->ports[idx]; 8de47da07f8c6f drivers/tty/tty_io.c Sudip Mukherjee 2019-11-20 @1348 if (!tty->port && retry) { ^^^^^^^^^^ Check 8de47da07f8c6f drivers/tty/tty_io.c Sudip Mukherjee 2019-11-20 1349 retval = -EAGAIN; 8de47da07f8c6f drivers/tty/tty_io.c Sudip Mukherjee 2019-11-20 1350 goto err_release_driver; 8de47da07f8c6f drivers/tty/tty_io.c Sudip Mukherjee 2019-11-20 1351 } 04831dc154df9b drivers/tty/tty_io.c Jiri Slaby 2012-06-04 1352 5d4121c04b3577 drivers/tty/tty_io.c Jiri Slaby 2012-08-17 1353 WARN_RATELIMIT(!tty->port, 5d4121c04b3577 drivers/tty/tty_io.c Jiri Slaby 2012-08-17 1354 "%s: %s driver does not set tty->port. This will crash the kernel later. Fix the driver!\n", 5d4121c04b3577 drivers/tty/tty_io.c Jiri Slaby 2012-08-17 1355 __func__, tty->driver->name); 5d4121c04b3577 drivers/tty/tty_io.c Jiri Slaby 2012-08-17 1356 b027e2298bd588 drivers/tty/tty_io.c Gaurav Kohli 2018-01-23 1357 retval = tty_ldisc_lock(tty, 5 * HZ); b027e2298bd588 drivers/tty/tty_io.c Gaurav Kohli 2018-01-23 1358 if (retval) b027e2298bd588 drivers/tty/tty_io.c Gaurav Kohli 2018-01-23 1359 goto err_release_lock; 967fab6916681e drivers/tty/tty_io.c Jiri Slaby 2012-10-18 @1360 tty->port->itty = tty; ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Unchecked dereference. 967fab6916681e drivers/tty/tty_io.c Jiri Slaby 2012-10-18 1361 --- 0-DAY kernel test infrastructure Open Source Technology Center https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/kbuild-all@xxxxxxxxxxxx Intel Corporation