linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: ath: fix missing checks for bmi reads and writes

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Date:   Fri, 26 Apr 2019 14:51:51 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ath10k@...ts.infradead.org,
        pakki001@....edu, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ath: fix missing checks for bmi reads and writes

Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu> writes:

> ath10k_bmi_write32 and ath10k_bmi_read32 can fail. The fix
> checks their statuses to avoid potential undefined behaviors.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>

[...]

> @@ -2500,8 +2515,15 @@ int ath10k_core_start(struct ath10k *ar, enum ath10k_firmware_mode mode,
>  		if (status)
>  			goto err;
>  
> -		if (ar->hif.bus == ATH10K_BUS_SDIO)
> -			ath10k_init_sdio(ar);
> +		if (ar->hif.bus == ATH10K_BUS_SDIO) {
> +			status = ath10k_init_sdio(ar);
> +			if (status) {
> +				ath10k_err(ar,
> +					   "could not init HTC (%d)\n",
> +					   status);

I'll fix the warning message as well, we are not initialisating HTC
here.

-- 
Kalle Valo