Re: [linux-next:master 2720/3921] lib/alloc_tag.c:142 alloc_tag_init() warn: passing zero to 'PTR_ERR'

[Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>]

On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 4:57 PM Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 6:51 AM Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org> wrote:
> >
> > tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git master
> > head:   8568bb2ccc278f344e6ac44af6ed010a90aa88dc
> > commit: 9e2dcefa791e9d14006b360fba3455510fd3325d [2720/3921] lib: add allocation tagging support for memory allocation profiling
> > config: microblaze-randconfig-r081-20240405 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20240405/202404051340.7Wo7oiJ5-lkp@intel.com/config)
> > compiler: microblaze-linux-gcc (GCC) 13.2.0
> >
> > 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@intel.com>
> > | Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
> > | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202404051340.7Wo7oiJ5-lkp@intel.com/
> >
> > smatch warnings:
> > lib/alloc_tag.c:142 alloc_tag_init() warn: passing zero to 'PTR_ERR'
> >
> > vim +/PTR_ERR +142 lib/alloc_tag.c
> >
> > 9e2dcefa791e9d Suren Baghdasaryan 2024-03-21  132  static int __init alloc_tag_init(void)
> > 9e2dcefa791e9d Suren Baghdasaryan 2024-03-21  133  {
> > 9e2dcefa791e9d Suren Baghdasaryan 2024-03-21  134       const struct codetag_type_desc desc = {
> > 9e2dcefa791e9d Suren Baghdasaryan 2024-03-21  135               .section        = "alloc_tags",
> > 9e2dcefa791e9d Suren Baghdasaryan 2024-03-21  136               .tag_size       = sizeof(struct alloc_tag),
> > 9e2dcefa791e9d Suren Baghdasaryan 2024-03-21  137               .module_unload  = alloc_tag_module_unload,
> > 9e2dcefa791e9d Suren Baghdasaryan 2024-03-21  138       };
> > 9e2dcefa791e9d Suren Baghdasaryan 2024-03-21  139
> > 9e2dcefa791e9d Suren Baghdasaryan 2024-03-21  140       alloc_tag_cttype = codetag_register_type(&desc);
> > 9e2dcefa791e9d Suren Baghdasaryan 2024-03-21  141       if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(alloc_tag_cttype))
> >                                                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > This should just be IS_ERR().  I have written a blog that has more
> > details:
> >
> > https://staticthinking.wordpress.com/2022/08/01/mixing-error-pointers-and-null/
>
> Sorry for the delay, I somehow missed this report. You are absolutely
> right about the fix. codetag_register_type() never returns NULL, so
> IS_ERR() should be used here. I'll post a fix shortly.

Here: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240417003349.2520094-1-surenb@google.com/

> Thanks,
> Suren.
>
> >
> > 9e2dcefa791e9d Suren Baghdasaryan 2024-03-21 @142               return PTR_ERR(alloc_tag_cttype);
> >
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