linux-kernel - Re: ALSA: control - add layer registration routines

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Date:   Wed, 31 Mar 2021 20:09:19 +0200
From:   Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>
To:     Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@...amocchi.jp>,
        alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ALSA: control - add layer registration routines

Dne 31. 03. 21 v 17:17 Colin Ian King napsal(a):
> Hi,
> 
> Static analysis on linux-next with Coverity has detected a potential
> issue in the following commit:
> 
> commit 3f0638a0333bfdd0549985aa620f2ab69737af47
> Author: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>
> Date:   Wed Mar 17 18:29:41 2021 +0100
> 
>     ALSA: control - add layer registration routines
> 
> The static analysis is as follows:
> 
> 2072 void snd_ctl_disconnect_layer(struct snd_ctl_layer_ops *lops)
> 2073 {
> 2074        struct snd_ctl_layer_ops *lops2, *prev_lops2;
> 2075
> 2076        down_write(&snd_ctl_layer_rwsem);
> 
>     assignment: Assigning: prev_lops2 = NULL.
> 
> 2077        for (lops2 = snd_ctl_layer, prev_lops2 = NULL; lops2; lops2
> = lops2->next)
> 2078                if (lops2 == lops) {
> 
>     null: At condition prev_lops2, the value of prev_lops2 must be NULL.
>     dead_error_condition: The condition !prev_lops2 must be true.
> 
> 2079                        if (!prev_lops2)
> 2080                                snd_ctl_layer = lops->next;
> 2081                        else
> 
>     'Constant' variable guards dead code (DEADCODE) dead_error_line:
>     Execution cannot reach this statement: prev_lops2->next = lops->next;.
>     Local variable prev_lops2 is assigned only once, to a constant
> value, making it effectively constant throughout its scope. If this is
> not the intent, examine the logic to see if there is a missing
> assignment that would make prev_lops2 not remain constant.
> 
> 2082                                prev_lops2->next = lops->next;
> 2083                        break;
> 2084                }
> 2085        up_write(&snd_ctl_layer_rwsem);
> 2086 }
> 
> I couldn't quite figure out the original intent of the prev_lops use, so
> I'd thought I'd report this issue as the code does look incorrect.

Thank you. I submitted the fix here:

https://lore.kernel.org/alsa-devel/20210331180702.663489-1-perex@perex.cz/

					Jaroslav

-- 
Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>
Linux Sound Maintainer; ALSA Project; Red Hat, Inc.