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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 07/18] perf env: Remove unnecessary NULL tests
On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 4:09 PM Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> wrote:
>
> clang-tidy was warning:
> ```
> util/env.c:334:23: warning: Access to field 'nr_pmu_mappings' results in a dereference of a null pointer (loaded from variable 'env') [clang-analyzer-core.NullDereference]
> env->nr_pmu_mappings = pmu_num;
> ```
>
> As functions are called potentially when !env was true. This condition
> could never be true as it would produce a segv, so remove the
> unnecessary NULL tests and silence clang-tidy.

IIRC !env was to handle live sessions like perf top
or when it doesn't have a perf data file. Anyway,
it doesn't seem to work anymore.

Thanks,
Namhyung

>
> Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
> ---
> tools/perf/util/env.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/env.c b/tools/perf/util/env.c
> index a164164001fb..44140b7f596a 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/env.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/env.c
> @@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ const char *perf_env__cpuid(struct perf_env *env)
> {
> int status;
>
> - if (!env || !env->cpuid) { /* Assume local operation */
> + if (!env->cpuid) { /* Assume local operation */
> status = perf_env__read_cpuid(env);
> if (status)
> return NULL;
> @@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ int perf_env__nr_pmu_mappings(struct perf_env *env)
> {
> int status;
>
> - if (!env || !env->nr_pmu_mappings) { /* Assume local operation */
> + if (!env->nr_pmu_mappings) { /* Assume local operation */
> status = perf_env__read_pmu_mappings(env);
> if (status)
> return 0;
> @@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ const char *perf_env__pmu_mappings(struct perf_env *env)
> {
> int status;
>
> - if (!env || !env->pmu_mappings) { /* Assume local operation */
> + if (!env->pmu_mappings) { /* Assume local operation */
> status = perf_env__read_pmu_mappings(env);
> if (status)
> return NULL;
> --
> 2.42.0.609.gbb76f46606-goog
>

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