linux-kernel - Re: [patch] x86, dumpstack: removed unneeded check in dump

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Date:	Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:00:36 +0100
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] x86, dumpstack: removed unneeded check in dump_trace()

On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 01:52:46PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> Smatch complains that we have some inconsistent NULL checking.  If
> "task" were NULL then it would lead to a NULL dereference later.  We
> can remove this test because earlier on in the function we have:
> 	if (!task)
> 		task = current;
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>

> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
> index 6d728d9..af7785f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
> @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ void dump_trace(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
>  	if (!stack) {
>  		if (regs)
>  			stack = (unsigned long *)regs->sp;
> -		else if (task && task != current)
> +		else if (task != current)
>  			stack = (unsigned long *)task->thread.sp;
>  		else
>  			stack = &dummy;
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