From bd198231a0518427bfc2ca2639aceb8d3efc164b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Julien <vjulien@oisf.net>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2026 20:50:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] util/port-interval-tree: suppress cppcheck false positives

---
 src/util-port-interval-tree.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/util-port-interval-tree.c b/src/util-port-interval-tree.c
index e45a55eb23..b38e2ff7fc 100644
--- a/src/util-port-interval-tree.c
+++ b/src/util-port-interval-tree.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
  */
 static int SCPortIntervalCompareAndUpdate(const SCPortIntervalNode *a, SCPortIntervalNode *b)
 {
+    DEBUG_VALIDATE_BUG_ON(a == NULL); // help cppcheck
     if (a->port2 > b->max) {
         b->max = a->port2;
     }
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ static int SCPortIntervalCompareAndUpdate(const SCPortIntervalNode *a, SCPortInt
 }
 
 // cppcheck-suppress nullPointerRedundantCheck
+// cppcheck-suppress ctunullpointer
 IRB_GENERATE(PI, SCPortIntervalNode, irb, SCPortIntervalCompareAndUpdate);
 
 /**