To indicate an error, debugfs_create_file can return an ERR_PTR for !CONFIG_DEBUG_FS and NULL otherwise, so in case the result is dereferenced there should be a previous IS_ERR and a NULL check.
The Coccinelle semantic patch used to find the issue is as follows: @@ expression e; identifier f; @@
* e = debugfs_create_file(...); ... when != e == NULL e->f
Signed-off-by: Amitoj Kaur Chawla amitoj1606@gmail.com --- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c index 6553146..4c1a2bc 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c @@ -2143,6 +2143,8 @@ static int amdgpu_debugfs_regs_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev) adev, &amdgpu_debugfs_regs_fops); if (IS_ERR(ent)) return PTR_ERR(ent); + if (!ent) + return -ENOMEM; i_size_write(ent->d_inode, adev->rmmio_size); adev->debugfs_regs = ent;