linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] saa7134: fix incorrect check to determine if list is empty

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Date:   Sat, 26 Mar 2022 15:33:01 +0800
From:   Xiaomeng Tong <xiam0nd.tong@...il.com>
To:     mchehab@...nel.org
Cc:     hverkuil-cisco@...all.nl, yangyingliang@...wei.com,
        v4l@...queira.org, akpm@...l.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Xiaomeng Tong <xiam0nd.tong@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] saa7134: fix incorrect check to determine if list is empty

The bug is here: "if (dev == NULL)".

The list iterator value will *always* be set and non-NULL by
list_for_each_entry(), so it is incorrect to assume that the iterator
value will be NULL if the list is empty. Instead, check with list_empty()
and move the 'if' ahead, to fix this bug.

Fixes: 4aabf6331f89c ("[PATCH] v4l: (951) Make saa7134-oss as a stand-alone module")
Signed-off-by: Xiaomeng Tong <xiam0nd.tong@...il.com>
---
changes from v1:
 - check with list_empty() (Jakob Koschel)
 - move the 'if' ahead (Xiaomeng Tong)
v1:https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220320025718.10053-1-xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com/
sorry for the wrong PATCH v2:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220326072215.11608-1-xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com/
just skip it.
---
 drivers/media/pci/saa7134/saa7134-alsa.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/saa7134/saa7134-alsa.c b/drivers/media/pci/saa7134/saa7134-alsa.c
index fb24d2ed3621..f0318617197c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/saa7134/saa7134-alsa.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/saa7134/saa7134-alsa.c
@@ -1214,13 +1214,16 @@ static int alsa_device_exit(struct saa7134_dev *dev)
 
 static int saa7134_alsa_init(void)
 {
-	struct saa7134_dev *dev = NULL;
+	struct saa7134_dev *dev;
 
 	saa7134_dmasound_init = alsa_device_init;
 	saa7134_dmasound_exit = alsa_device_exit;
 
 	pr_info("saa7134 ALSA driver for DMA sound loaded\n");
 
+	if (list_empty(&saa7134_devlist))
+		pr_info("saa7134 ALSA: no saa7134 cards found\n");
+
 	list_for_each_entry(dev, &saa7134_devlist, devlist) {
 		if (dev->pci->device == PCI_DEVICE_ID_PHILIPS_SAA7130)
 			pr_info("%s/alsa: %s doesn't support digital audio\n",
@@ -1229,9 +1232,6 @@ static int saa7134_alsa_init(void)
 			alsa_device_init(dev);
 	}
 
-	if (dev == NULL)
-		pr_info("saa7134 ALSA: no saa7134 cards found\n");
-
 	return 0;
 
 }
-- 
2.17.1