Suppress MISRA C:2012 rule 11.5 deviations (#878)

* Suppress MISRA C:2012 rule 11.5 deviations by comment also remove this rule in global config

---------

Signed-off-by: Gaurav Aggarwal <aggarg@amazon.com>
Co-authored-by: Ubuntu <ubuntu@ip-172-31-34-245.ap-northeast-1.compute.internal>
Co-authored-by: Rahul Kar <karahulx@amazon.com>
Co-authored-by: Soren Ptak <ptaksoren@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Gaurav-Aggarwal-AWS <33462878+aggarg@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Gaurav Aggarwal <aggarg@amazon.com>

MISRA.md

@@ -20,34 +20,72 @@ grep 'MISRA Ref 8.4.1' . -rI
 
 #### Rule 8.4
 
+MISRA C:2012 Rule 8.4: A compatible declaration shall be visible when an
+        object or function with external linkage is defined.
+
 _Ref 8.4.1_
 
-- MISRA C:2012 Rule 8.4: A compatible declaration shall be visible when an
+- This rule requires that a compatible declaration is made available
-        object or function with external linkage is defined.
+  in a header file when an object with external linkage is defined.
-        This rule requires that a compatible declaration is made available
+  pxCurrentTCB(s) is defined with external linkage but it is only
-        in a header file when an object with external linkage is defined.
+  referenced from the assembly code in the port files. Therefore, adding
-        pxCurrentTCB(s) is defined with external linkage but it is only
+  a declaration in header file is not useful as the assembly code will
-        referenced from the assembly code in the port files. Therefore, adding
+  still need to declare it separately.
-        a declaration in header file is not useful as the assembly code will
-        still need to declare it separately.
 
 
 #### Rule 11.3
 
-_Ref 11.3.1_
+MISRA C:2012 Rule 11.3: A cast shall not be performed between a pointer to
+object type and a pointer to a different object type.
 
-- MISRA C:2012 Rule 11.3: A cast shall not be performed between a pointer to
+_Ref 11.3.1_
-        object type and a pointer to a different object type.
+ - This rule prohibits casting a pointer to object into a pointer to a
-        This rule prohibits casting a pointer to object into a pointer to a
+   different object because it may result in an incorrectly aligned pointer,
-        different object because it may result in an incorrectly aligned pointer,
+   leading to undefined behavior. Even if the casting produces a correctly
-        leading to undefined behavior. Even if the casting produces a correctly
+   aligned pointer, the behavior may be still undefined if the pointer is
-        aligned pointer, the behavior may be still undefined if the pointer is
+   used to access an object. FreeRTOS deliberately creates external aliases
-        used to access an object. FreeRTOS deliberately creates external aliases
+   for all the kernel object types (StaticEventGroup_t, StaticQueue_t,
-        for all the kernel object types (StaticEventGroup_t, StaticQueue_t,
+   StaticStreamBuffer_t, StaticTimer_t and StaticTask_t) for data hiding
-        StaticStreamBuffer_t, StaticTimer_t and StaticTask_t) for data hiding
+   purposes. The internal object types and the corresponding external
-        purposes. The internal object types and the corresponding external
+   aliases are guaranteed to have the same size and alignment which is
-        aliases are guaranteed to have the same size and alignment which is
+   checked using configASSERT.
-        checked using configASSERT.
+
+
+#### Rule 11.5
+
+MISRA C:2012 Rule 11.5: A conversion should not be performed from pointer to
+void into pointer to object.
+This rule prohibits conversion of a pointer to void into a pointer to
+object because it may result in an incorrectly aligned pointer leading
+to undefined behavior.
+
+_Ref 11.5.1_
+ - The memory blocks returned by pvPortMalloc() are guaranteed to meet the
+   architecture alignment requirements specified by portBYTE_ALIGNMENT.
+   The casting of the pointer to void returned by pvPortMalloc() is,
+   therefore, safe because it is guaranteed to be aligned.
+
+_Ref 11.5.2_
+ - The conversion from a pointer to void into a pointer to EventGroup_t is
+   safe because it is a pointer to EventGroup_t, which is returned to the
+   application at the time of event group creation for data hiding
+   purposes.
+
+_Ref 11.5.3_
+ - The conversion from a pointer to void in list macros for list item owner
+   is safe because the type of the pointer stored and retrieved is the
+   same.
+
+_Ref 11.5.4_
+ - The conversion from a pointer to void into a pointer to EventGroup_t is
+   safe because it is a pointer to EventGroup_t, which is passed as a
+   parameter to the xTimerPendFunctionCallFromISR API when the callback is
+   pended.
+
+_Ref 11.5.5_
+ - The conversion from a pointer to void into a pointer to uint8_t is safe
+   because data storage buffers are implemented as uint8_t arrays for the
+   ease of sizing, alignment and access.
 
 
 ### MISRA configuration
@@ -81,10 +119,6 @@ Copy below content to `misra.conf` to run Coverity on FreeRTOS-Kernel.
         {
             deviation: "Rule 8.7",
             reason: "API functions are not used by the library outside of the files they are defined; however, they must be externally visible in order to be used by an application."
-        },
-        {
-            deviation: "Rule 11.5",
-            reason: "Allow casts from `void *`. List owner, pvOwner, is stored as `void *` and are cast to various types for use in functions."
         }
     ]
 }

croutine.c

@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@
         traceENTER_xCoRoutineCreate( pxCoRoutineCode, uxPriority, uxIndex );
 
         /* Allocate the memory that will store the co-routine control block. */
+        /* MISRA Ref 11.5.1 [Malloc memory assignment] */
+        /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+        /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
         pxCoRoutine = ( CRCB_t * ) pvPortMalloc( sizeof( CRCB_t ) );
 
         if( pxCoRoutine )

event_groups.c

@@ -143,20 +143,10 @@ static BaseType_t prvTestWaitCondition( const EventBits_t uxCurrentEventBits,
 
         traceENTER_xEventGroupCreate();
 
-        /* Allocate the event group.  Justification for MISRA deviation as
+        /* MISRA Ref 11.5.1 [Malloc memory assignment] */
-         * follows:  pvPortMalloc() always ensures returned memory blocks are
+        /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
-         * aligned per the requirements of the MCU stack.  In this case
+        /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
-         * pvPortMalloc() must return a pointer that is guaranteed to meet the
+        pxEventBits = ( EventGroup_t * ) pvPortMalloc( sizeof( EventGroup_t ) );
-         * alignment requirements of the EventGroup_t structure - which (if you
-         * follow it through) is the alignment requirements of the TickType_t type
-         * (EventBits_t being of TickType_t itself).  Therefore, whenever the
-         * stack alignment requirements are greater than or equal to the
-         * TickType_t alignment requirements the cast is safe.  In other cases,
-         * where the natural word size of the architecture is less than
-         * sizeof( TickType_t ), the TickType_t variables will be accessed in two
-         * or more reads operations, and the alignment requirements is only that
-         * of each individual read. */
-        pxEventBits = ( EventGroup_t * ) pvPortMalloc( sizeof( EventGroup_t ) ); /*lint !e9087 !e9079 see comment above. */
 
         if( pxEventBits != NULL )
         {
@@ -749,7 +739,10 @@ void vEventGroupSetBitsCallback( void * pvEventGroup,
 {
     traceENTER_vEventGroupSetBitsCallback( pvEventGroup, ulBitsToSet );
 
-    ( void ) xEventGroupSetBits( pvEventGroup, ( EventBits_t ) ulBitsToSet ); /*lint !e9079 Can't avoid cast to void* as a generic timer callback prototype. Callback casts back to original type so safe. */
+    /* MISRA Ref 11.5.4 [Callback function parameter] */
+    /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+    /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
+    ( void ) xEventGroupSetBits( pvEventGroup, ( EventBits_t ) ulBitsToSet );
 
     traceRETURN_vEventGroupSetBitsCallback();
 }
@@ -762,7 +755,10 @@ void vEventGroupClearBitsCallback( void * pvEventGroup,
 {
     traceENTER_vEventGroupClearBitsCallback( pvEventGroup, ulBitsToClear );
 
-    ( void ) xEventGroupClearBits( pvEventGroup, ( EventBits_t ) ulBitsToClear ); /*lint !e9079 Can't avoid cast to void* as a generic timer callback prototype. Callback casts back to original type so safe. */
+    /* MISRA Ref 11.5.4 [Callback function parameter] */
+    /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+    /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
+    ( void ) xEventGroupClearBits( pvEventGroup, ( EventBits_t ) ulBitsToClear );
 
     traceRETURN_vEventGroupClearBitsCallback();
 }
@@ -831,7 +827,11 @@ static BaseType_t prvTestWaitCondition( const EventBits_t uxCurrentEventBits,
     UBaseType_t uxEventGroupGetNumber( void * xEventGroup )
     {
         UBaseType_t xReturn;
-        EventGroup_t const * pxEventBits = ( EventGroup_t * ) xEventGroup; /*lint !e9087 !e9079 EventGroupHandle_t is a pointer to an EventGroup_t, but EventGroupHandle_t is kept opaque outside of this file for data hiding purposes. */
+
+        /* MISRA Ref 11.5.2 [Opaque pointer] */
+        /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+        /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
+        EventGroup_t const * pxEventBits = ( EventGroup_t * ) xEventGroup;
 
         traceENTER_uxEventGroupGetNumber( xEventGroup );
 
@@ -859,7 +859,10 @@ static BaseType_t prvTestWaitCondition( const EventBits_t uxCurrentEventBits,
     {
         traceENTER_vEventGroupSetNumber( xEventGroup, uxEventGroupNumber );
 
-        ( ( EventGroup_t * ) xEventGroup )->uxEventGroupNumber = uxEventGroupNumber; /*lint !e9087 !e9079 EventGroupHandle_t is a pointer to an EventGroup_t, but EventGroupHandle_t is kept opaque outside of this file for data hiding purposes. */
+        /* MISRA Ref 11.5.2 [Opaque pointer] */
+        /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+        /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
+        ( ( EventGroup_t * ) xEventGroup )->uxEventGroupNumber = uxEventGroupNumber;
 
         traceRETURN_vEventGroupSetNumber();
     }

queue.c

@@ -517,16 +517,10 @@ BaseType_t xQueueGenericReset( QueueHandle_t xQueue,
              * zero in the case the queue is used as a semaphore. */
             xQueueSizeInBytes = ( size_t ) ( ( size_t ) uxQueueLength * ( size_t ) uxItemSize );
 
-            /* Allocate the queue and storage area.  Justification for MISRA
+            /* MISRA Ref 11.5.1 [Malloc memory assignment] */
-             * deviation as follows:  pvPortMalloc() always ensures returned memory
+            /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
-             * blocks are aligned per the requirements of the MCU stack.  In this case
+            /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
-             * pvPortMalloc() must return a pointer that is guaranteed to meet the
+            pxNewQueue = ( Queue_t * ) pvPortMalloc( sizeof( Queue_t ) + xQueueSizeInBytes );
-             * alignment requirements of the Queue_t structure - which in this case
-             * is an int8_t *.  Therefore, whenever the stack alignment requirements
-             * are greater than or equal to the pointer to char requirements the cast
-             * is safe.  In other cases alignment requirements are not strict (one or
-             * two bytes). */
-            pxNewQueue = ( Queue_t * ) pvPortMalloc( sizeof( Queue_t ) + xQueueSizeInBytes ); /*lint !e9087 !e9079 see comment above. */
 
             if( pxNewQueue != NULL )
             {

stream_buffer.c

@@ -374,8 +374,14 @@ static void prvInitialiseNewStreamBuffer( StreamBuffer_t * const pxStreamBuffer,
 
         if( pvAllocatedMemory != NULL )
         {
-            prvInitialiseNewStreamBuffer( ( StreamBuffer_t * ) pvAllocatedMemory,                         /* Structure at the start of the allocated memory. */ /*lint !e9087 Safe cast as allocated memory is aligned. */ /*lint !e826 Area is not too small and alignment is guaranteed provided malloc() behaves as expected and returns aligned buffer. */
+            /* MISRA Ref 11.5.1 [Malloc memory assignment] */
-                                          ( ( uint8_t * ) pvAllocatedMemory ) + sizeof( StreamBuffer_t ), /* Storage area follows. */ /*lint !e9016 Indexing past structure valid for uint8_t pointer, also storage area has no alignment requirement. */
+            /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+            /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
+            prvInitialiseNewStreamBuffer( ( StreamBuffer_t * ) pvAllocatedMemory,                         /* Structure at the start of the allocated memory. */
+                                                                                                          /* MISRA Ref 11.5.1 [Malloc memory assignment] */
+                                                                                                          /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+                                                                                                          /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
+                                          ( ( uint8_t * ) pvAllocatedMemory ) + sizeof( StreamBuffer_t ), /* Storage area follows. */
                                           xBufferSizeBytes,
                                           xTriggerLevelBytes,
                                           ucFlags,
@@ -391,7 +397,10 @@ static void prvInitialiseNewStreamBuffer( StreamBuffer_t * const pxStreamBuffer,
 
         traceRETURN_xStreamBufferGenericCreate( pvAllocatedMemory );
 
-        return ( StreamBufferHandle_t ) pvAllocatedMemory; /*lint !e9087 !e826 Safe cast as allocated memory is aligned. */
+        /* MISRA Ref 11.5.1 [Malloc memory assignment] */
+        /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+        /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
+        return ( StreamBufferHandle_t ) pvAllocatedMemory;
     }
 #endif /* configSUPPORT_DYNAMIC_ALLOCATION */
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -940,7 +949,10 @@ static size_t prvWriteMessageToBuffer( StreamBuffer_t * const pxStreamBuffer,
     if( xDataLengthBytes != ( size_t ) 0 )
     {
         /* Write the data to the buffer. */
-        pxStreamBuffer->xHead = prvWriteBytesToBuffer( pxStreamBuffer, ( const uint8_t * ) pvTxData, xDataLengthBytes, xNextHead ); /*lint !e9079 Storage buffer is implemented as uint8_t for ease of sizing, alignment and access. */
+        /* MISRA Ref 11.5.5 [Void pointer assignment] */
+        /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+        /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
+        pxStreamBuffer->xHead = prvWriteBytesToBuffer( pxStreamBuffer, ( const uint8_t * ) pvTxData, xDataLengthBytes, xNextHead );
     }
 
     return xDataLengthBytes;
@@ -1204,7 +1216,10 @@ static size_t prvReadMessageFromBuffer( StreamBuffer_t * pxStreamBuffer,
     if( xCount != ( size_t ) 0 )
     {
         /* Read the actual data and update the tail to mark the data as officially consumed. */
-        pxStreamBuffer->xTail = prvReadBytesFromBuffer( pxStreamBuffer, ( uint8_t * ) pvRxData, xCount, xNextTail ); /*lint !e9079 Data storage area is implemented as uint8_t array for ease of sizing, indexing and alignment. */
+        /* MISRA Ref 11.5.5 [Void pointer assignment] */
+        /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+        /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
+        pxStreamBuffer->xTail = prvReadBytesFromBuffer( pxStreamBuffer, ( uint8_t * ) pvRxData, xCount, xNextTail );
     }
 
     return xCount;

tasks.c

@@ -1035,6 +1035,9 @@ static void prvAddNewTaskToReadyList( TCB_t * pxNewTCB ) PRIVILEGED_FUNCTION;
 
                 for( pxIterator = listGET_HEAD_ENTRY( pxReadyList ); pxIterator != pxEndMarker; pxIterator = listGET_NEXT( pxIterator ) )
                 {
+                    /* MISRA Ref 11.5.3 [Void pointer assignment] */
+                    /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+                    /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
                     TCB_t * pxTCB = ( TCB_t * ) listGET_LIST_ITEM_OWNER( pxIterator );
 
                     #if ( configRUN_MULTIPLE_PRIORITIES == 0 )
@@ -1498,6 +1501,9 @@ static void prvAddNewTaskToReadyList( TCB_t * pxNewTCB ) PRIVILEGED_FUNCTION;
 
         if( pxTaskDefinition->puxStackBuffer != NULL )
         {
+            /* MISRA Ref 11.5.1 [Malloc memory assignment] */
+            /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+            /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
             pxNewTCB = ( TCB_t * ) pvPortMalloc( sizeof( TCB_t ) );
 
             if( pxNewTCB != NULL )
@@ -1622,6 +1628,9 @@ static void prvAddNewTaskToReadyList( TCB_t * pxNewTCB ) PRIVILEGED_FUNCTION;
             /* Allocate space for the TCB.  Where the memory comes from depends on
              * the implementation of the port malloc function and whether or not static
              * allocation is being used. */
+            /* MISRA Ref 11.5.1 [Malloc memory assignment] */
+            /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+            /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
             pxNewTCB = ( TCB_t * ) pvPortMalloc( sizeof( TCB_t ) );
 
             if( pxNewTCB != NULL )
@@ -1631,7 +1640,10 @@ static void prvAddNewTaskToReadyList( TCB_t * pxNewTCB ) PRIVILEGED_FUNCTION;
                 /* Allocate space for the stack used by the task being created.
                  * The base of the stack memory stored in the TCB so the task can
                  * be deleted later if required. */
-                pxNewTCB->pxStack = ( StackType_t * ) pvPortMallocStack( ( ( ( size_t ) usStackDepth ) * sizeof( StackType_t ) ) ); /*lint !e961 MISRA exception as the casts are only redundant for some ports. */
+                /* MISRA Ref 11.5.1 [Malloc memory assignment] */
+                /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+                /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
+                pxNewTCB->pxStack = ( StackType_t * ) pvPortMallocStack( ( ( ( size_t ) usStackDepth ) * sizeof( StackType_t ) ) );
 
                 if( pxNewTCB->pxStack == NULL )
                 {
@@ -1646,12 +1658,18 @@ static void prvAddNewTaskToReadyList( TCB_t * pxNewTCB ) PRIVILEGED_FUNCTION;
             StackType_t * pxStack;
 
             /* Allocate space for the stack used by the task being created. */
-            pxStack = pvPortMallocStack( ( ( ( size_t ) usStackDepth ) * sizeof( StackType_t ) ) ); /*lint !e9079 All values returned by pvPortMalloc() have at least the alignment required by the MCU's stack and this allocation is the stack. */
+            /* MISRA Ref 11.5.1 [Malloc memory assignment] */
+            /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+            /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
+            pxStack = pvPortMallocStack( ( ( ( size_t ) usStackDepth ) * sizeof( StackType_t ) ) );
 
             if( pxStack != NULL )
             {
                 /* Allocate space for the TCB. */
-                pxNewTCB = ( TCB_t * ) pvPortMalloc( sizeof( TCB_t ) ); /*lint !e9087 !e9079 All values returned by pvPortMalloc() have at least the alignment required by the MCU's stack, and the first member of TCB_t is always a pointer to the task's stack. */
+                /* MISRA Ref 11.5.1 [Malloc memory assignment] */
+                /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+                /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
+                pxNewTCB = ( TCB_t * ) pvPortMalloc( sizeof( TCB_t ) );
 
                 if( pxNewTCB != NULL )
                 {
@@ -3937,7 +3955,10 @@ BaseType_t xTaskResumeAll( void )
                      * appropriate ready list. */
                     while( listLIST_IS_EMPTY( &xPendingReadyList ) == pdFALSE )
                     {
-                        pxTCB = listGET_OWNER_OF_HEAD_ENTRY( ( &xPendingReadyList ) ); /*lint !e9079 void * is used as this macro is used with timers too.  Alignment is known to be fine as the type of the pointer stored and retrieved is the same. */
+                        /* MISRA Ref 11.5.3 [Void pointer assignment] */
+                        /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+                        /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
+                        pxTCB = listGET_OWNER_OF_HEAD_ENTRY( ( &xPendingReadyList ) );
                         listREMOVE_ITEM( &( pxTCB->xEventListItem ) );
                         portMEMORY_BARRIER();
                         listREMOVE_ITEM( &( pxTCB->xStateListItem ) );
@@ -4148,11 +4169,17 @@ char * pcTaskGetName( TaskHandle_t xTaskToQuery ) /*lint !e971 Unqualified char
 
             if( listCURRENT_LIST_LENGTH( pxList ) > ( UBaseType_t ) 0 )
             {
-                listGET_OWNER_OF_NEXT_ENTRY( pxFirstTCB, pxList ); /*lint !e9079 void * is used as this macro is used with timers too.  Alignment is known to be fine as the type of the pointer stored and retrieved is the same. */
+                /* MISRA Ref 11.5.3 [Void pointer assignment] */
+                /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+                /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
+                listGET_OWNER_OF_NEXT_ENTRY( pxFirstTCB, pxList );
 
                 do
                 {
-                    listGET_OWNER_OF_NEXT_ENTRY( pxNextTCB, pxList ); /*lint !e9079 void * is used as this macro is used with timers too.  Alignment is known to be fine as the type of the pointer stored and retrieved is the same. */
+                    /* MISRA Ref 11.5.3 [Void pointer assignment] */
+                    /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+                    /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
+                    listGET_OWNER_OF_NEXT_ENTRY( pxNextTCB, pxList );
 
                     /* Check each character in the name looking for a match or
                      * mismatch. */
@@ -4216,6 +4243,9 @@ char * pcTaskGetName( TaskHandle_t xTaskToQuery ) /*lint !e971 Unqualified char
             {
                 for( pxIterator = listGET_HEAD_ENTRY( pxList ); pxIterator != pxEndMarker; pxIterator = listGET_NEXT( pxIterator ) )
                 {
+                    /* MISRA Ref 11.5.3 [Void pointer assignment] */
+                    /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+                    /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
                     TCB_t * pxTCB = listGET_LIST_ITEM_OWNER( pxIterator );
 
                     /* Check each character in the name looking for a match or
@@ -4738,7 +4768,10 @@ BaseType_t xTaskIncrementTick( void )
                      * item at the head of the delayed list.  This is the time
                      * at which the task at the head of the delayed list must
                      * be removed from the Blocked state. */
-                    pxTCB = listGET_OWNER_OF_HEAD_ENTRY( pxDelayedTaskList ); /*lint !e9079 void * is used as this macro is used with timers and co-routines too.  Alignment is known to be fine as the type of the pointer stored and retrieved is the same. */
+                    /* MISRA Ref 11.5.3 [Void pointer assignment] */
+                    /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+                    /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
+                    pxTCB = listGET_OWNER_OF_HEAD_ENTRY( pxDelayedTaskList );
                     xItemValue = listGET_LIST_ITEM_VALUE( &( pxTCB->xStateListItem ) );
 
                     if( xConstTickCount < xItemValue )
@@ -5109,7 +5142,10 @@ BaseType_t xTaskIncrementTick( void )
 
             /* Select a new task to run using either the generic C or port
              * optimised asm code. */
-            taskSELECT_HIGHEST_PRIORITY_TASK(); /*lint !e9079 void * is used as this macro is used with timers too.  Alignment is known to be fine as the type of the pointer stored and retrieved is the same. */
+            /* MISRA Ref 11.5.3 [Void pointer assignment] */
+            /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+            /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
+            taskSELECT_HIGHEST_PRIORITY_TASK();
             traceTASK_SWITCHED_IN();
 
             /* After the new task is switched in, update the global errno. */
@@ -5346,7 +5382,10 @@ BaseType_t xTaskRemoveFromEventList( const List_t * const pxEventList )
      *
      * This function assumes that a check has already been made to ensure that
      * pxEventList is not empty. */
-    pxUnblockedTCB = listGET_OWNER_OF_HEAD_ENTRY( pxEventList ); /*lint !e9079 void * is used as this macro is used with timers and co-routines too.  Alignment is known to be fine as the type of the pointer stored and retrieved is the same. */
+    /* MISRA Ref 11.5.3 [Void pointer assignment] */
+    /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+    /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
+    pxUnblockedTCB = listGET_OWNER_OF_HEAD_ENTRY( pxEventList );
     configASSERT( pxUnblockedTCB );
     listREMOVE_ITEM( &( pxUnblockedTCB->xEventListItem ) );
 
@@ -5432,7 +5471,10 @@ void vTaskRemoveFromUnorderedEventList( ListItem_t * pxEventListItem,
 
     /* Remove the event list form the event flag.  Interrupts do not access
      * event flags. */
-    pxUnblockedTCB = listGET_LIST_ITEM_OWNER( pxEventListItem ); /*lint !e9079 void * is used as this macro is used with timers and co-routines too.  Alignment is known to be fine as the type of the pointer stored and retrieved is the same. */
+    /* MISRA Ref 11.5.3 [Void pointer assignment] */
+    /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+    /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
+    pxUnblockedTCB = listGET_LIST_ITEM_OWNER( pxEventListItem );
     configASSERT( pxUnblockedTCB );
     listREMOVE_ITEM( pxEventListItem );
 
@@ -6039,7 +6081,10 @@ static void prvCheckTasksWaitingTermination( void )
                 taskENTER_CRITICAL();
                 {
                     {
-                        pxTCB = listGET_OWNER_OF_HEAD_ENTRY( ( &xTasksWaitingTermination ) ); /*lint !e9079 void * is used as this macro is used with timers too.  Alignment is known to be fine as the type of the pointer stored and retrieved is the same. */
+                        /* MISRA Ref 11.5.3 [Void pointer assignment] */
+                        /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+                        /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
+                        pxTCB = listGET_OWNER_OF_HEAD_ENTRY( ( &xTasksWaitingTermination ) );
                         ( void ) uxListRemove( &( pxTCB->xStateListItem ) );
                         --uxCurrentNumberOfTasks;
                         --uxDeletedTasksWaitingCleanUp;
@@ -6060,7 +6105,10 @@ static void prvCheckTasksWaitingTermination( void )
                      * waiting to enter the critical section. */
                     if( uxDeletedTasksWaitingCleanUp > ( UBaseType_t ) 0U )
                     {
-                        pxTCB = listGET_OWNER_OF_HEAD_ENTRY( ( &xTasksWaitingTermination ) ); /*lint !e9079 void * is used as this macro is used with timers too.  Alignment is known to be fine as the type of the pointer stored and retrieved is the same. */
+                        /* MISRA Ref 11.5.3 [Void pointer assignment] */
+                        /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+                        /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
+                        pxTCB = listGET_OWNER_OF_HEAD_ENTRY( ( &xTasksWaitingTermination ) );
 
                         if( pxTCB->xTaskRunState == taskTASK_NOT_RUNNING )
                         {
@@ -6247,7 +6295,10 @@ static void prvCheckTasksWaitingTermination( void )
 
         if( listCURRENT_LIST_LENGTH( pxList ) > ( UBaseType_t ) 0 )
         {
-            listGET_OWNER_OF_NEXT_ENTRY( pxFirstTCB, pxList ); /*lint !e9079 void * is used as this macro is used with timers and co-routines too.  Alignment is known to be fine as the type of the pointer stored and retrieved is the same. */
+            /* MISRA Ref 11.5.3 [Void pointer assignment] */
+            /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+            /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
+            listGET_OWNER_OF_NEXT_ENTRY( pxFirstTCB, pxList );
 
             /* Populate an TaskStatus_t structure within the
              * pxTaskStatusArray array for each task that is referenced from
@@ -6255,7 +6306,10 @@ static void prvCheckTasksWaitingTermination( void )
              * meaning of each TaskStatus_t structure member. */
             do
             {
-                listGET_OWNER_OF_NEXT_ENTRY( pxNextTCB, pxList ); /*lint !e9079 void * is used as this macro is used with timers and co-routines too.  Alignment is known to be fine as the type of the pointer stored and retrieved is the same. */
+                /* MISRA Ref 11.5.3 [Void pointer assignment] */
+                /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+                /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
+                listGET_OWNER_OF_NEXT_ENTRY( pxNextTCB, pxList );
                 vTaskGetInfo( ( TaskHandle_t ) pxNextTCB, &( pxTaskStatusArray[ uxTask ] ), pdTRUE, eState );
                 uxTask++;
             } while( pxNextTCB != pxFirstTCB );
@@ -7225,7 +7279,10 @@ static void prvResetNextTaskUnblockTime( void )
         /* Allocate an array index for each task.  NOTE!  if
          * configSUPPORT_DYNAMIC_ALLOCATION is set to 0 then pvPortMalloc() will
          * equate to NULL. */
-        pxTaskStatusArray = pvPortMalloc( uxCurrentNumberOfTasks * sizeof( TaskStatus_t ) ); /*lint !e9079 All values returned by pvPortMalloc() have at least the alignment required by the MCU's stack and this allocation allocates a struct that has the alignment requirements of a pointer. */
+        /* MISRA Ref 11.5.1 [Malloc memory assignment] */
+        /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+        /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
+        pxTaskStatusArray = pvPortMalloc( uxCurrentNumberOfTasks * sizeof( TaskStatus_t ) );
 
         if( pxTaskStatusArray != NULL )
         {
@@ -7384,7 +7441,10 @@ static void prvResetNextTaskUnblockTime( void )
         /* Allocate an array index for each task.  NOTE!  If
          * configSUPPORT_DYNAMIC_ALLOCATION is set to 0 then pvPortMalloc() will
          * equate to NULL. */
-        pxTaskStatusArray = pvPortMalloc( uxCurrentNumberOfTasks * sizeof( TaskStatus_t ) ); /*lint !e9079 All values returned by pvPortMalloc() have at least the alignment required by the MCU's stack and this allocation allocates a struct that has the alignment requirements of a pointer. */
+        /* MISRA Ref 11.5.1 [Malloc memory assignment] */
+        /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+        /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
+        pxTaskStatusArray = pvPortMalloc( uxCurrentNumberOfTasks * sizeof( TaskStatus_t ) );
 
         if( pxTaskStatusArray != NULL )
         {

timers.c

@@ -349,7 +349,10 @@
 
             traceENTER_xTimerCreate( pcTimerName, xTimerPeriodInTicks, xAutoReload, pvTimerID, pxCallbackFunction );
 
-            pxNewTimer = ( Timer_t * ) pvPortMalloc( sizeof( Timer_t ) ); /*lint !e9087 !e9079 All values returned by pvPortMalloc() have at least the alignment required by the MCU's stack, and the first member of Timer_t is always a pointer to the timer's name. */
+            /* MISRA Ref 11.5.1 [Malloc memory assignment] */
+            /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+            /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
+            pxNewTimer = ( Timer_t * ) pvPortMalloc( sizeof( Timer_t ) );
 
             if( pxNewTimer != NULL )
             {
@@ -721,7 +724,10 @@
     static void prvProcessExpiredTimer( const TickType_t xNextExpireTime,
                                         const TickType_t xTimeNow )
     {
-        Timer_t * const pxTimer = ( Timer_t * ) listGET_OWNER_OF_HEAD_ENTRY( pxCurrentTimerList ); /*lint !e9087 !e9079 void * is used as this macro is used with tasks and co-routines too.  Alignment is known to be fine as the type of the pointer stored and retrieved is the same. */
+        /* MISRA Ref 11.5.3 [Void pointer assignment] */
+        /* More details at: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/blob/main/MISRA.md#rule-115 */
+        /* coverity[misra_c_2012_rule_11_5_violation] */
+        Timer_t * const pxTimer = ( Timer_t * ) listGET_OWNER_OF_HEAD_ENTRY( pxCurrentTimerList );
 
         /* Remove the timer from the list of active timers.  A check has already
          * been performed to ensure the list is not empty. */