linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][V3] regulator: axp20x: remove a redundant null check on rdev

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Date:   Mon, 18 Feb 2019 16:40:57 +0800
From:   Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][V3] regulator: axp20x: remove a redundant null check on rdev

On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 5:46 PM Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:
>
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>
> Currently rdev is dereferenced when assigning desc before rdev is null
> checked, this is leading to static analysis warnings.  However, rdev
> can never be null, so the null check is redundant and can be removed.
>
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1476031 ("Dereference before null check")
>
> Fixes: 77e3e3b165db ("regulator: axp20x: add software based soft_start for AXP209 LDO3")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Acked-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>