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LKP reported smatch warning as below: =================== smatch warnings: mm/vmalloc.c:3689 vread_iter() error: we previously assumed 'vm' could be null (see line 3667) ......06c8994626@3667 size = vm ? get_vm_area_size(vm) : va_size(va); ......06c8994626@3689 else if (!(vm->flags & VM_IOREMAP)) ^^^^^^^^^ Unchecked dereference ===================== This is not a runtime bug because the possible null 'vm' in the pointed place could only happen when flags == VMAP_BLOCK. However, the case 'flags == VMAP_BLOCK' should never happen and has been detected with WARN_ON. Please check vm_map_ram() implementation and the earlier checking in vread_iter() at below: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /* * VMAP_BLOCK indicates a sub-type of vm_map_ram area, need * be set together with VMAP_RAM. */ WARN_ON(flags == VMAP_BLOCK); if (!vm && !flags) continue; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So add checking on whether 'vm' could be null when dereferencing it in vread_iter(). This mutes smatch complaint. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/ZTCURc8ZQE+KrTvS@MiWiFi-R3L-srv Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/ZS/2k6DIMd0tZRgK@MiWiFi-R3L-srv Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202310171600.WCrsOwFj-lkp@intel.com/ Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com> Cc: Philip Li <philip.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.