linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] perf: xgene: Remove bogus IS

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Date:   Thu, 13 Oct 2016 19:18:37 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:     Tai Nguyen <ttnguyen@....com>
Cc:     mark.rutland@....com, dan.carpenter@...cle.com,
        will.deacon@....com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] perf: xgene: Remove bogus IS_ERR() check

On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 11:09:16AM -0700, Tai Nguyen wrote:
> In acpi_get_pmu_hw_inf we pass the address of a local variable to IS_ERR(),
> which doesn't make sense, as the pointer must be a real, valid pointer.
> This doesn't cause a functional problem, as IS_ERR() will evaluate as
> false, but the check is bogus and causes static checkers to complain.

... unless the test is actually a misspelled IS_ERR(res) and the current
code is broken by effectively skipping it.