smatch is reporting problems of unreachable code parts: multicast.c:170 batadv_mcast_get_bridge() info: ignoring unreachable code. tmp/multicast.c:172 batadv_mcast_get_bridge() info: ignoring unreachable code. These are caused by compat code which returns within a loop, never giving the rest of the function a chance to be processed. This can be changed by slightly adjusting the compat code, setting the iterator variable to NULL and let the original function handle the rest. This does not introduce any functional change. Introduced by: a3f58139efedb96222dffdda89896c243fdff49e ("batman-adv: Multicast Listener Announcements via Translation Table") Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich &lt;sw(a)simonwunderlich.de&gt; --- compat.h | 14 +++++--------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/compat.h b/compat.h index 186547b..a99c9d5 100644 --- a/compat.h +++ b/compat.h @@ -160,14 +160,12 @@ static inline int batadv_param_set_copystring(const char *val, #define NET_ADDR_RANDOM 0 #define netdev_master_upper_dev_get_rcu(dev) \ - upper; \ - rcu_read_unlock(); \ + NULL; \ if (dev->br_port ? 1 : 0) { \ + rcu_read_unlock(); \ dev_hold(dev); \ return dev; \ } \ -\ - return NULL\ #endif /* < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 36) */ @@ -344,14 +342,12 @@ static int __batadv_interface_set_mac_addr(x, y) #ifndef netdev_master_upper_dev_get_rcu #define netdev_master_upper_dev_get_rcu(dev) \ - upper; \ - rcu_read_unlock(); \ + NULL; \ if (dev->priv_flags & IFF_BRIDGE_PORT) { \ + rcu_read_unlock(); \ dev_hold(dev); \ return dev; \ - } \ -\ - return NULL\ + } #endif /* netdev_master_upper_dev_get_rcu */ -- 1.7.10.4