Address below Coverity complaint (Feb 25, 2020, 8:06 AM CET): *** CID 1458999: Error handling issues (CHECKED_RETURN) /drivers/usb/core/hub.c: 1869 in hub_probe() 1863 1864 if (id->driver_info & HUB_QUIRK_CHECK_PORT_AUTOSUSPEND) 1865 hub->quirk_check_port_auto_suspend = 1; 1866 1867 if (id->driver_info & HUB_QUIRK_DISABLE_AUTOSUSPEND) { 1868 hub->quirk_disable_autosuspend = 1; >>> CID 1458999: Error handling issues (CHECKED_RETURN) >>> Calling "usb_autopm_get_interface" without checking return value (as is done elsewhere 97 out of 111 times). 1869 usb_autopm_get_interface(intf); 1870 } 1871 1872 if (hub_configure(hub, &desc->endpoint[0].desc) >= 0) 1873 return 0; 1874 Rather than checking the return value of 'usb_autopm_get_interface()', switch to the usb_autopm_get_interface_no_resume() API, as per: On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 10:32:32AM -0500, Alan Stern wrote: ------ 8< ------ > This change (i.e. 'ret = usb_autopm_get_interface') is not necessary, > because the resume operation cannot fail at this point (interfaces > are always powered-up during probe). A better solution would be to > call usb_autopm_get_interface_no_resume() instead. ------ 8< ------ Fixes: 1208f9e1d758c9 ("USB: hub: Fix the broken detection of USB3 device in SMSC hub") Cc: Hardik Gajjar <hgajjar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v4.14+ Reported-by: scan-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx Suggested-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Eugeniu Rosca <erosca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- v3: - Make the summary line more clear - s/autpm/autopm/ in patch description - Cc <stable> with v4.14+ since v4.14.x is the earliest stable kernel which accepted commit 1208f9e1d758c9 ("USB: hub: Fix the broken detection of USB3 device in SMSC hub") v2: - [Alan Stern] Use usb_autopm_get_interface_no_resume() instead of usb_autopm_get_interface() - Augment commit description to provide background - Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200225183057.31953-1-erosca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx v1: - Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200225130846.20236-1-erosca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- drivers/usb/core/hub.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c index 1d212f82c69b..1105983b5c1c 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c +++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c @@ -1866,7 +1866,7 @@ static int hub_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, const struct usb_device_id *id) if (id->driver_info & HUB_QUIRK_DISABLE_AUTOSUSPEND) { hub->quirk_disable_autosuspend = 1; - usb_autopm_get_interface(intf); + usb_autopm_get_interface_no_resume(intf); } if (hub_configure(hub, &desc->endpoint[0].desc) >= 0) -- 2.25.1