linux-kernel - [tip:x86/cache] x86/resctrl: Remove unnecessary check for cbm

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Date:   Wed, 28 Nov 2018 23:48:57 -0800
From:   tip-bot for Babu Moger <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, fenghua.yu@...el.com,
        babu.moger@....com, dan.carpenter@...cle.com,
        reinette.chatre@...el.com, hpa@...or.com, bp@...e.de,
        Babu.Moger@....com, mingo@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
        x86@...nel.org, mingo@...nel.org
Subject: [tip:x86/cache] x86/resctrl: Remove unnecessary check for
 cbm_validate()

Commit-ID:  cb74635faa17cfa2991ddbe027596270af525c6d
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/cb74635faa17cfa2991ddbe027596270af525c6d
Author:     Babu Moger <Babu.Moger@....com>
AuthorDate: Wed, 28 Nov 2018 22:42:47 +0000
Committer:  Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
CommitDate: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 08:36:12 +0100

x86/resctrl: Remove unnecessary check for cbm_validate()

The Smatch static checker reports the following error after commit:

  a36c5ff560fb ("x86/resctrl: Bring cbm_validate() into the resource structure"):

  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/ctrlmondata.c:227 parse_cbm()
  error: uninitialized symbol 'cbm_val'.
  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/ctrlmondata.c:236 parse_cbm()
  error: uninitialized symbol 'cbm_val'.

This could happen if ->cbm_validate() is NULL which could leave cbm_val
uninitialized.

However, there is no case where ->cbm_validate() can be NULL as it is
initialized based on a vendor check. So it is either an Intel or an AMD
version it points to. And in both the cases it is initialized properly.
Thus, remove the first check.

Verified the fix running Smatch.

 [ bp: massage commit message. ]

Fixes: a36c5ff560fb ("x86/resctrl: Bring cbm_validate() into the resource structure")
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: x86-ml <x86@...nel.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181128224234.22998-1-babu.moger@amd.com
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/ctrlmondata.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/ctrlmondata.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/ctrlmondata.c
index 03ee13235a45..ba11f54f5ab8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/ctrlmondata.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/ctrlmondata.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ int parse_cbm(struct rdt_parse_data *data, struct rdt_resource *r,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (r->cbm_validate && !r->cbm_validate(data->buf, &cbm_val, r))
+	if (!r->cbm_validate(data->buf, &cbm_val, r))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if ((rdtgrp->mode == RDT_MODE_EXCLUSIVE ||