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From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
To: Maninder Singh <maninder1.s@samsung.com>
Cc: "forest@alittletooquiet.net" <forest@alittletooquiet.net>,
	"gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	"devel@driverdev.osuosl.org" <devel@driverdev.osuosl.org>,
	"gclement@baobob.org" <gclement@baobob.org>,
	"tvboxspy@gmail.com" <tvboxspy@gmail.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"joe@perches.com" <joe@perches.com>,
	PANKAJ MISHRA <pankaj.m@samsung.com>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH 1/1] staging:vt6655: remove checks around dev_kfree_skb
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 11:54:30 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150716085430.GF5784@mwanda> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <686357594.854551437036306449.JavaMail.weblogic@ep2mlwas07d>

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 08:45:06AM +0000, Maninder Singh wrote:
> where we are checking for (pTDInfo->skb), we are using it  in above line.
> and it does not look good, thats why we should remove thse checks and i have suggested
> changes.
> 
> code snippet:-
> -----------------------
> 
> if (pTDInfo->skb_dma && (pTDInfo->skb_dma != pTDInfo->buf_dma))
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is allocated after ->skb so if ->skb_dma is non-NULL then ->skb is
also non-NULL.

>     dma_unmap_single(&pDevice->pcid->dev, pTDInfo->skb_dma,
>              pTDInfo->skb->len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);

Is this a static checker warning?  If so then it's a false positive.

regards,
dan carpenter


  reply	other threads:[~2015-07-16  8:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-07-16  8:45 [RESEND PATCH 1/1] staging:vt6655: remove checks around dev_kfree_skb Maninder Singh
2015-07-16  8:54 ` Dan Carpenter [this message]
2015-07-16 10:08   ` Malcolm Priestley
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2015-07-15  3:22 Maninder Singh
2015-07-16  7:54 ` Dan Carpenter

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