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Re: [PATCH] flow_offload: action should not be NULL when it is referenced

From: Ido Schimmel <hidden>
Date: 2021-08-18 11:58:31
Also in: lkml

On Sat, Jun 26, 2021 at 04:56:06AM -0700, 13145886936@163.com wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
From: gushengxian <redacted>

"action" should not be NULL when it is referenced.

Signed-off-by: gushengxian <redacted>
Signed-off-by: gushengxian <redacted>
---
 include/net/flow_offload.h | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/flow_offload.h b/include/net/flow_offload.h
index dc5c1e69cd9f..69c9eabf8325 100644
--- a/include/net/flow_offload.h
+++ b/include/net/flow_offload.h
@@ -319,12 +319,14 @@ flow_action_mixed_hw_stats_check(const struct flow_action *action,
 	if (flow_offload_has_one_action(action))
 		return true;
 
-	flow_action_for_each(i, action_entry, action) {
-		if (i && action_entry->hw_stats != last_hw_stats) {
-			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Mixing HW stats types for actions is not supported");
-			return false;
+	if (action) {
This patch generates a smatch warning:

include/net/flow_offload.h:322 flow_action_mixed_hw_stats_check() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'action' (see line 319)

Why the patch is needed? 'action' is already dereferenced in
flow_offload_has_one_action()
+		flow_action_for_each(i, action_entry, action) {
+			if (i && action_entry->hw_stats != last_hw_stats) {
+				NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Mixing HW stats types for actions is not supported");
+				return false;
+			}
+			last_hw_stats = action_entry->hw_stats;
 		}
-		last_hw_stats = action_entry->hw_stats;
 	}
 	return true;
 }
-- 
2.25.1
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