Hi Clément, kernel test robot noticed the following build warnings: url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Cl-ment-Le-Goffic/bus-firewall-move-stm32_firewall-header-file-in-include-folder/20250712-030518 base: d7b8f8e20813f0179d8ef519541a3527e7661d3a patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250711-ddrperfm-upstream-v2-9-cdece720348f%40foss.st.com patch subject: [PATCH v2 09/16] perf: stm32: introduce DDRPERFM driver config: sh-randconfig-r071-20250712 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250712/202507122125.eve8lg60-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config) compiler: sh4-linux-gcc (GCC) 13.4.0 If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags | Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> | Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202507122125.eve8lg60-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/ smatch warnings: drivers/perf/stm32_ddr_pmu.c:380 stm32_ddr_pmu_get_counter() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'pmu' (see line 376) drivers/perf/stm32_ddr_pmu.c:380 stm32_ddr_pmu_get_counter() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'event' (see line 377) vim +/pmu +380 drivers/perf/stm32_ddr_pmu.c 73af3c4ba702d7 Clément Le Goffic 2025-07-11 374 static int stm32_ddr_pmu_get_counter(struct stm32_ddr_pmu *pmu, struct perf_event *event) 73af3c4ba702d7 Clément Le Goffic 2025-07-11 375 { 73af3c4ba702d7 Clément Le Goffic 2025-07-11 @376 u32 time_cnt_idx = pmu->cfg->time_cnt_idx; ^^^^^^^^ 73af3c4ba702d7 Clément Le Goffic 2025-07-11 @377 u32 config = event->attr.config; ^^^^^^^ 73af3c4ba702d7 Clément Le Goffic 2025-07-11 378 struct stm32_ddr_cnt *cnt; 73af3c4ba702d7 Clément Le Goffic 2025-07-11 379 73af3c4ba702d7 Clément Le Goffic 2025-07-11 @380 if (!pmu || !event) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Checks are too late. The variables have already been dereferenced. 73af3c4ba702d7 Clément Le Goffic 2025-07-11 381 return -EINVAL; 73af3c4ba702d7 Clément Le Goffic 2025-07-11 382 73af3c4ba702d7 Clément Le Goffic 2025-07-11 383 pmu->selected_set = GROUP_VALUE(config); 73af3c4ba702d7 Clément Le Goffic 2025-07-11 384 73af3c4ba702d7 Clément Le Goffic 2025-07-11 385 if (config == TIME_CNT) { -- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests/wiki