linux-kernel - drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c:588 make_resync_request() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'peer

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Message-ID: <fa10fbf8-d852-45bb-a631-d8dcb6697e16@kadam.mountain>
Date:   Wed, 11 Oct 2023 10:21:39 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
To:     oe-kbuild@...ts.linux.dev,
        Christoph Böhmwalder 
        <christoph.boehmwalder@...bit.com>
Cc:     lkp@...el.com, oe-kbuild-all@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c:588 make_resync_request() warn:
 variable dereferenced before check 'peer_device' (see line 587)

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head:   1c8b86a3799f7e5be903c3f49fcdaee29fd385b5
commit: 0d11f3cf279c5ad20a41f29242f170ba3c02f2da drbd: Pass a peer device to the resync and online verify functions
config: x86_64-randconfig-161-20231003 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20231011/202310111418.3EglIsGN-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: gcc-12 (Debian 12.2.0-14) 12.2.0
reproduce: (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20231011/202310111418.3EglIsGN-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
| Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202310111418.3EglIsGN-lkp@intel.com/

smatch warnings:
drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c:588 make_resync_request() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'peer_device' (see line 587)

vim +/peer_device +588 drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c

0d11f3cf279c5a Christoph Böhmwalder 2023-03-30  585  static int make_resync_request(struct drbd_peer_device *const peer_device, int cancel)
b411b3637fa71f Philipp Reisner      2009-09-25  586  {
0d11f3cf279c5a Christoph Böhmwalder 2023-03-30 @587  	struct drbd_device *const device = peer_device->device;
                                                                                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Dereference

44a4d551846b8c Lars Ellenberg       2013-11-22 @588  	struct drbd_connection *const connection = peer_device ? peer_device->connection : NULL;
                                                                                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^
Previously we assumed this could be NULL

b411b3637fa71f Philipp Reisner      2009-09-25  589  	unsigned long bit;
b411b3637fa71f Philipp Reisner      2009-09-25  590  	sector_t sector;
155bd9d1abd604 Christoph Hellwig    2020-09-25  591  	const sector_t capacity = get_capacity(device->vdisk);
1816a2b47afae8 Lars Ellenberg       2010-11-11  592  	int max_bio_size;
e65f440d474d7d Lars Ellenberg       2010-11-05  593  	int number, rollback_i, size;
506afb6248af57 Lars Ellenberg       2014-01-31  594  	int align, requeue = 0;

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