[lttng-dev] lttng lib: ring buffer

[Mathieu Desnoyers]

Fixed, I'll push the patch to GregKH in my next round.

Thanks!

Mathieu

* Dan Carpenter (dan.carpenter at oracle.com) wrote:
> Hello Mathieu Desnoyers,
> 
> This is a semi-automatic email about new static checker warnings.
> 
> The patch c844b2f5cfea: "lttng lib: ring buffer" from Nov 28, 2011, 
> leads to the following Smatch complaint:
> 
> drivers/staging/lttng/lib/ringbuffer/ring_buffer_frontend.c +1150 lib_ring_buffer_print_buffer_errors()
> 	 warn: variable dereferenced before check 'chan' (see line 1143)
> 
> drivers/staging/lttng/lib/ringbuffer/ring_buffer_frontend.c
>   1142	{
>   1143		const struct lib_ring_buffer_config *config = chan->backend.config;
>                                                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Dereference.
> 
>   1144		unsigned long write_offset, cons_offset;
>   1145	
>   1146		/*
>   1147		 * Can be called in the error path of allocation when
>   1148		 * trans_channel_data is not yet set.
>   1149		 */
>   1150		if (!chan)
>                 ^^^^^^^^^
> Check.  At first glance the comment seems out of date, I think check can
> be removed safely.
> 
>   1151			return;
>   1152		/*
> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter
> 

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Mathieu Desnoyers
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