linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next][V2] ASoC: rsnd: check for zero node count

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Date:   Tue, 8 Jun 2021 12:43:13 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
        Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@...esas.com>,
        ALSA Development Mailing List <alsa-devel@...a-project.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next][V2] ASoC: rsnd: check for zero node count

Hi Colin,

Thanks for your patch!

On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 1:05 PM Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>
> Most callers of_get_child_count() check that "nr" is non-zero so it

Note that there is no longer a call to of_get_child_count(), as of the commit
referred to from the Fixes tag below.

> causes a static checker warning when we don't do that here.  This
> does not cause a problem or a crash, but having zero SSUIes does not
> make sense either so let's add a check.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unchecked return value")
> Fixes: c413983eb66a ("ASoC: rsnd: adjust disabled module")
> Acked-by: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@...esas.com>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
> V2: Rephrase commit message based on Dan Carpenter's suggestion.
>     Thanks Dan!


Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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