gpiod_get_array_optional() for spk-id GPIOs can return NULL, if they are missing, so do not pass the value to PTR_ERR but instead explicitly treat NULL as acceptable condition. The old code was correct, but misleading because PTR_ERR usually is used on errors. Reported by Smatch: drivers/spi/spi-cs42l43.c:241 cs42l43_get_speaker_id_gpios() warn: passing zero to 'PTR_ERR' Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/spi/spi-cs42l43.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-cs42l43.c b/drivers/spi/spi-cs42l43.c index ceefc253c549..90180662c4c2 100644 --- a/drivers/spi/spi-cs42l43.c +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-cs42l43.c @@ -237,7 +237,9 @@ static int cs42l43_get_speaker_id_gpios(struct cs42l43_spi *priv, int *result) int i, ret; descs = gpiod_get_array_optional(priv->dev, "spk-id", GPIOD_IN); - if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(descs)) + if (!descs) + return 0; + else if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(descs)) return PTR_ERR(descs); spkid = 0; -- 2.43.0