@@ -704,8 +704,9 @@ static int ac_test_do_access(ac_test_t *at)
"unexpected access");
ac_test_check(at, &success, fault && e != at->expected_error,
"error code %x expected %x", e, at->expected_error);
- ac_test_check(at, &success, at->ptep && *at->ptep != at->expected_pte,
- "pte %x expected %x", *at->ptep, at->expected_pte);
+ if (at->ptep)
+ ac_test_check(at, &success, *at->ptep != at->expected_pte,
+ "pte %x expected %x", *at->ptep, at->expected_pte);
ac_test_check(at, &success,
!pt_match(*at->pdep, at->expected_pde, at->ignore_pde),
"pde %x expected %x", *at->pdep, at->expected_pde);
In this test, at->ptep is tested in one argument to ac_test_check and dereferenced in another. The compiler notices that and observes that at->ptep cannot be NULL. The test is indeed broken and has been broken for 9+ years: the ac_test_check should not be performed at all if there is no PTE. Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> --- x86/access.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)