On Sun, 2016-08-21 at 22:52 +0200, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> It does not make sense to check if table is NULL
> and afterwards to dereference it without
> considering the result.
This makes no sense.
> The inconsistency was indicated by cppcheck.
Perhaps this is a defect in cppcheck?
> An actual NULL pointer dereference was not observed.
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> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/si_dpm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/si_dpm.c
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> @@ -2962,7 +2962,7 @@ static int si_get_vce_clock_voltage(struct
> radeon_device *rdev,
> Â &rdev->pm.dpm.dyn_state.vce_clock_voltage_dependency_table;
> Â
> Â if (((evclk == 0) && (ecclk == 0)) ||
> - Â Â Â Â (table && (table->count == 0))) {
Here table is only dereferenced if table is non-null
> + Â Â Â Â table == NULL || table->count == 0) {
> Â *voltage = 0;
> Â return 0;
> Â }
Perhaps the unnecessary parentheses can be reduce though.
 if ((evclk == 0 && ecclk == 0) || (table && table->count == 0)) {