Re: [PATCH] power: supply: core: fix static checker warning

[Hans de Goede]

Hi,

On 7-Jul-25 01:26, Sebastian Reichel wrote:
> static checker complains, that the block already breaks if IS_ERR(np)
> and thus the extra !IS_ERR(np) check in the while condition is
> superfluous. Avoid the extra check by using while(true) instead. This
> should not change the runtime behavior at all and I expect the binary
> to be more or less the same for an optimizing compiler.
> 
> Fixes: f368f87b22da ("power: supply: core: convert to fwnnode")
> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/285c9c39-482c-480c-8b0b-07111e39fdfe@sabinyo.mountain/
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, patch looks good to me:

Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hansg@xxxxxxxxxx>

Regards,

Hans


> ---
>  drivers/power/supply/power_supply_core.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_core.c b/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_core.c
> index aedb20c1d2767309ae716712f8be8002b988f1b4..7c3913155dc0b7e51cdefe2974b09a9259ccb4b9 100644
> --- a/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_core.c
> @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ static int __power_supply_populate_supplied_from(struct power_supply *epsy,
>  			break;
>  		}
>  		fwnode_handle_put(np);
> -	} while (!IS_ERR(np));
> +	} while (true);
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }
> 
> ---
> base-commit: f9335bb4f5d4f3b913efd5872c2794d027dd85a6
> change-id: 20250707-fix-psy-static-checker-warning-f6aac00b24dd
> 
> Best regards,