`kdb_msg_write` operates on a global `struct kgdb_io *` called `dbg_io_ops`.
It's initialized in `debug_core.c` and checked throughout the debug flow. There's a null check in `kdb_msg_write` which triggers static analyzers and gives the (almost entirely wrong) impression that it can be null. Coverity scanner caught this as CID 1465042. I have removed the unnecessary null check and eliminated false-positive forward null dereference warning. Signed-off-by: Cengiz Can <cen...@kernel.wtf> --- kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c | 12 +++++------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c index 683a799618ad..4ac59a4fbeec 100644 --- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c +++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c @@ -549,14 +549,12 @@ static void kdb_msg_write(const char *msg, int msg_len) if (msg_len == 0) return; - if (dbg_io_ops) { - const char *cp = msg; - int len = msg_len; + const char *cp = msg; + int len = msg_len; - while (len--) { - dbg_io_ops->write_char(*cp); - cp++; - } + while (len--) { + dbg_io_ops->write_char(*cp); + cp++; } for_each_console(c) { -- 2.27.0