'gtm' will *always* be set by list_for_each_entry(). It is incorrect to assume that the iterator value will be NULL if the list is empty.
Instead of checking the pointer it should be checked if the list is empty. Fixes: 83ff9dcf375c ("powerpc/sysdev: implement FSL GTM support") Signed-off-by: Jakob Koschel <jakobkosc...@gmail.com> --- arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_gtm.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_gtm.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_gtm.c index 8963eaffb1b7..39186ad6b3c3 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_gtm.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_gtm.c @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static LIST_HEAD(gtms); */ struct gtm_timer *gtm_get_timer16(void) { - struct gtm *gtm = NULL; + struct gtm *gtm; int i; list_for_each_entry(gtm, >ms, list_node) { @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ struct gtm_timer *gtm_get_timer16(void) spin_unlock_irq(>m->lock); } - if (gtm) + if (!list_empty(>ms)) return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY); return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV); } base-commit: 7ee022567bf9e2e0b3cd92461a2f4986ecc99673 -- 2.25.1