Re: IB/iser: Generalize rdma memory registration

[Sagi Grimberg <sagig-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>]

On 8/14/2013 10:52 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> Hello Sagi Grimberg,
>
> This is a semi-automatic email about new static checker warnings.
>
> The patch b4e155ffbbd6: "IB/iser: Generalize rdma memory
> registration" from Jul 28, 2013, leads to the following Smatch
> complaint:
>
> drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iser_initiator.c:318 iser_free_rx_descriptors()
> 	 error: we previously assumed 'device' could be null (see line 313)
>
> drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iser_initiator.c
>     312	
>     313		if (device && device->iser_free_rdma_reg_res)
>                      ^^^^^^
> New check.
>
>     314			device->iser_free_rdma_reg_res(ib_conn);
>     315	
>     316		rx_desc = ib_conn->rx_descs;
>     317		for (i = 0; i < ib_conn->qp_max_recv_dtos; i++, rx_desc++)
>     318			ib_dma_unmap_single(device->ib_device, rx_desc->dma_addr,
>                                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Old dererference.
>
>     319					    ISER_RX_PAYLOAD_SIZE, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
>     320		kfree(ib_conn->rx_descs);
>
> Has the code changed so that we need to check now?
>
> regards,
> dan carpenter

Hey Dan,

Thanks for the input!
The case here is that for some weird error flows we can end-up in this 
function with device == NULL, but if you pass the first condition if 
(!ib_conn->rx_descs) you are safe...

I'll fire up a fix for that asap.

Cheers,

-Sagi
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