[bug report] remoteproc: imx_rproc: Introduce prepare ops for imx_rproc_dcfg

[Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>]

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  https://lore.kernel.org/all/aTaiGSbWZ9DJaGo7@stanley.mountain/ -dan ]

Hello Peng Fan,

Commit edd2a9956055 ("remoteproc: imx_rproc: Introduce prepare ops
for imx_rproc_dcfg") from Jan 9, 2026 (linux-next), leads to the
following Smatch static checker warning:

	drivers/remoteproc/imx_rproc.c:648 imx_rproc_prepare()
	warn: ignoring unreachable code.

drivers/remoteproc/imx_rproc.c
    605 static int imx_rproc_prepare(struct rproc *rproc)
    606 {
    607         struct imx_rproc *priv = rproc->priv;
    608         struct device_node *np = priv->dev->of_node;
    609         struct rproc_mem_entry *mem;
    610         int i = 0;
    611         u32 da;
    612 
    613         /* Register associated reserved memory regions */
    614         while (1) {
    615                 int err;
    616                 struct resource res;
    617 
    618                 err = of_reserved_mem_region_to_resource(np, i++, &res);
    619                 if (err)
    620                         return 0;
    621 
    622                 /*
    623                  * Ignore the first memory region which will be used vdev buffer.
    624                  * No need to do extra handlings, rproc_add_virtio_dev will handle it.
    625                  */
    626                 if (strstarts(res.name, "vdev0buffer"))
    627                         continue;
    628 
    629                 if (strstarts(res.name, "rsc-table"))
    630                         continue;
    631 
    632                 /* No need to translate pa to da, i.MX use same map */
    633                 da = res.start;
    634 
    635                 /* Register memory region */
    636                 mem = rproc_mem_entry_init(priv->dev, NULL, (dma_addr_t)res.start,
    637                                            resource_size(&res), da,
    638                                            imx_rproc_mem_alloc, imx_rproc_mem_release,
    639                                            "%.*s", strchrnul(res.name, '@') - res.name,
    640                                            res.name);
    641                 if (!mem)
    642                         return -ENOMEM;
    643 
    644                 rproc_coredump_add_segment(rproc, da, resource_size(&res));
    645                 rproc_add_carveout(rproc, mem);
    646         }
    647 
--> 648         if (priv->ops && priv->ops->prepare)
    649                 return priv->ops->prepare(rproc);

This is unreachable code.

    650 
    651         return 0;
    652 }

regards,
dan carpenter