On Sun, Jun 19, 2022 at 12:36:45PM +0530, Souptick Joarder wrote:
> From: "Souptick Joarder (HPE)" <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Kernel test robot throws below warning ->
> drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.c:662:20: warning: dereference
> of NULL 'bridge' [CWE-476] [-Wanalyzer-null-dereference]
>
> Added a NULL check.
>
> Reported-by: Kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder (HPE) <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.c b/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.c
> index b5555683a069..ede774f2fe5a 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.c
> @@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ ssize_t vme_master_read(struct vme_resource *resource, void *buf, size_t count,
> struct vme_master_resource *image;
> size_t length;
>
> - if (!bridge->master_read) {
> + if (bridge && !bridge->master_read) {
How can bridge ever be NULL here?
thanks,
greg k-h
