linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] binder: fixed coverity warning by moving pr

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Date:   Sat, 4 Dec 2021 10:00:32 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Ameer Hamza <amhamza.mgc@...il.com>
Cc:     arve@...roid.com, tkjos@...roid.com, maco@...roid.com,
        joel@...lfernandes.org, christian@...uner.io,
        Hridya Valsaraju <hridya@...gle.com>,
        Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] binder: fixed coverity warning by moving pr_warn outside
 lock

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On Sat, Dec 04, 2021 at 01:50:44PM +0500, Ameer Hamza wrote:
> Thank you Greg for your response. The link to Coverity warning:
> https://scan5.coverity.com/reports.htm#v56991/p10063/fileInstanceId=204668511&defectInstanceId=52305699&mergedDefectId=1494148

That link does not seem to be public.  What project are you looking at?

> I have seen similar warnings if the print operation is used inside a lock,
> i.e., Coverity speculates a possible deadlock scenario, which might be a
> false positive because internal printk implementation uses a separate lock.

When dealing with Coverity, it is up to you to determine if what it says
is actually true before sending out patches for it, due to the HUGE
number of false-positives it spits out.

thanks,

greg k-h