`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>
Linux kernel ============ There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
Description
Languages
C
97.6%
Assembly
1%
Shell
0.5%
Python
0.3%
Makefile
0.3%