Re: [RFC PATCH] drm/msm: Remove dead code in msm_ioctl_gem_submit()

[Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>]

On 6/23/25 12:47, I Hsin Cheng wrote:
> According to the report of Coverity Scan [1], "sync_file" is going to be
> NULL when entering the "if" section after "out_post_unlock", so
> "fput(sync_file->file)" is never going to be exected in this block.
> 
> [1]: https://scan5.scan.coverity.com/#/project-view/10074/10063?selectedIssue=1655089
> Signed-off-by: I Hsin Cheng <richard120310@gmail.com>
> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c | 2 --
>   1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
> index d4f71bb54e84..cba1dc6fe6c6 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
> @@ -904,8 +904,6 @@ int msm_ioctl_gem_submit(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
>   out_post_unlock:
>   	if (ret && (out_fence_fd >= 0)) {
>   		put_unused_fd(out_fence_fd);
> -		if (sync_file)
> -			fput(sync_file->file);

Are you sure you want delete these two lines? It might not make
sense to check sync_file inside if (ret && (out_fence_fd >= 0)),
but it is ncecessary to fput.

>   	}
>   
>   	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(submit)) {

Check the error paths carefully to see if this is indeed the right fix.

thanks,
-- Shuah