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Date:   Mon, 04 Apr 2022 19:51:16 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To:     Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>
Cc:     Robert Marko <robert.marko@...tura.hr>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, kuba@...nel.org,
        ath11k@...ts.infradead.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath11k: do not return random value

Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com> writes:

> On 4/4/22 18:35, Robert Marko wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 12:54 PM Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Function ath11k_qmi_assign_target_mem_chunk() returns a random value
>>> if of_parse_phandle() fails because the return variable ret is not
>>> initialized before calling of_parse_phandle(). Return -EINVAL to avoid
>>> possibly returning 0, which would be wrong here.
>>>
>>> Issue found by smatch.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>
>>> ---
>>>   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/qmi.c | 2 +-
>>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/qmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/qmi.c
>>> index 65d3c6ba35ae..81b2304b1fde 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/qmi.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/qmi.c
>>> @@ -1932,7 +1932,7 @@ static int ath11k_qmi_assign_target_mem_chunk(struct ath11k_base *ab)
>>>                          if (!hremote_node) {
>>>                                  ath11k_dbg(ab, ATH11K_DBG_QMI,
>>>                                             "qmi fail to get hremote_node\n");
>>> -                               return ret;
>>> +                               return -EINVAL;
>>>                          }
>>>
>>>                          ret = of_address_to_resource(hremote_node, 0, &res);
>>> --
>>> 2.35.1
>>
>> Hi Michael,
>> This is already solved in ath-next and 5.18-rc1:
>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/qmi.c?h=v5.18-rc1&id=c9b41832dc080fa59bad597de94865b3ea2d5bab
>>
>
> Hi Robert,
>
> Ah ok, then I worked with the wrong tree (wireless-drivers-next).
> Sorry for the noise.

wireless-drivers[-next] and mac80211[-next] trees are not in use
anymore, we switched to using a common wireless and wireless-next trees:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless.git/

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless-next.git/

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches