From fcdb84cc5b31c2f4e333051f467264f5821bc61a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cengiz Can <cengiz@kernel.wtf>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 11:29:23 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] kdb: remove unnecessary null check of dbg_io_ops
`kdb_msg_write` operates on a global `struct kgdb_io *` called
`dbg_io_ops`.
It's initialized in `debug_core.c` and checked throughout the debug
flow.
There's a null check in `kdb_msg_write` which triggers static analyzers
and gives the (almost entirely wrong) impression that it can be null.
Coverity scanner caught this as CID 1465042.
I have removed the unnecessary null check and eliminated false-positive
forward null dereference warning.
Signed-off-by: Cengiz Can <cengiz@kernel.wtf>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200630082922.28672-1-cengiz@kernel.wtf
Reviewed-by: Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Tested-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
---
kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c | 14 +++++++-------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
index 9d847ab851db..e7835ca88e16 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
@@ -545,18 +545,18 @@ static int kdb_search_string(char *searched, char *searchfor)
static void kdb_msg_write(const char *msg, int msg_len)
{
struct console *c;
+ const char *cp;
+ int len;
if (msg_len == 0)
return;
- if (dbg_io_ops) {
- const char *cp = msg;
- int len = msg_len;
+ cp = msg;
+ len = msg_len;
- while (len--) {
- dbg_io_ops->write_char(*cp);
- cp++;
- }
+ while (len--) {
+ dbg_io_ops->write_char(*cp);
+ cp++;
}
for_each_console(c) {
--
2.30.9