[PATCH] cpufreq: powernv: Check negative value returned by cpufreq_table_find_index_dl()

Viresh Kumar viresh.kumar at linaro.org
Mon Feb 12 21:40:30 AEDT 2018


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.

-- 
viresh


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