Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: powernv: Check negative value returned by cpufreq_table_find_index_dl()
From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Mon Feb 12 2018 - 05:40:39 EST
On 12-02-18, 16:03, Shilpasri G Bhat wrote:
> I agree too. There is no way we can get -1 with initialized cpu frequency table.
> We don't initialize powernv-cpufreq if we don't have valid CPU frequency
> entries. Is there any other way to suppress the Coverity tool warning apart from
> ignoring it?
So IIUC, this warning is generated by an external tool after static
analysis of the code ?
If yes, then just ignore the warning. We shouldn't try fixing the
kernel because a tool isn't smart enough to catch intentional
ignorance of the return value here.
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viresh