linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] ACPI/PCI: Remove useless NULL pointer checks

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Message-ID: <CAJZ5v0gC1e81tAs4QdHfsALm821zbZ45+9AStYNnA_0wci2X1g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 27 Jul 2022 21:23:18 +0200
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     Andrey Strachuk <strochuk@...ras.ru>
Cc:     Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        Linux PCI <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        ldv-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] ACPI/PCI: Remove useless NULL pointer checks

On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 4:12 PM Andrey Strachuk <strochuk@...ras.ru> wrote:
>
> Local variable 'p' is initialized by an address of field of acpi_resource,
> so it does not make sense to compare 'p' with NULL.
>
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Strachuk <strochuk@...ras.ru>
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/pci_link.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c b/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c
> index 58647051c948..aa1038b8aec4 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c
> @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static acpi_status acpi_pci_link_check_possible(struct acpi_resource *resource,
>         case ACPI_RESOURCE_TYPE_IRQ:
>                 {
>                         struct acpi_resource_irq *p = &resource->data.irq;
> -                       if (!p || !p->interrupt_count) {
> +                       if (!p->interrupt_count) {
>                                 acpi_handle_debug(handle,
>                                                   "Blank _PRS IRQ resource\n");
>                                 return AE_OK;
> @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static acpi_status acpi_pci_link_check_possible(struct acpi_resource *resource,
>                 {
>                         struct acpi_resource_extended_irq *p =
>                             &resource->data.extended_irq;
> -                       if (!p || !p->interrupt_count) {
> +                       if (!p->interrupt_count) {
>                                 acpi_handle_debug(handle,
>                                                   "Blank _PRS EXT IRQ resource\n");
>                                 return AE_OK;
> @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static acpi_status acpi_pci_link_check_current(struct acpi_resource *resource,
>         case ACPI_RESOURCE_TYPE_IRQ:
>                 {
>                         struct acpi_resource_irq *p = &resource->data.irq;
> -                       if (!p || !p->interrupt_count) {
> +                       if (!p->interrupt_count) {
>                                 /*
>                                  * IRQ descriptors may have no IRQ# bits set,
>                                  * particularly those w/ _STA disabled
> @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ static acpi_status acpi_pci_link_check_current(struct acpi_resource *resource,
>                 {
>                         struct acpi_resource_extended_irq *p =
>                             &resource->data.extended_irq;
> -                       if (!p || !p->interrupt_count) {
> +                       if (!p->interrupt_count) {
>                                 /*
>                                  * extended IRQ descriptors must
>                                  * return at least 1 IRQ
> --

Applied as 5.20 material with the R-by tag from Bjorn which is still
applicable AFAICS.

Thanks!