linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] staging: qlge: fix else after return or break

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Date:   Fri, 26 Jun 2020 19:41:04 +0800
From:   Coiby Xu <coiby.xu@...il.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "supporter:QLOGIC QLGE 10Gb ETHERNET DRIVER" 
        <GR-Linux-NIC-Dev@...vell.com>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Manish Chopra <manishc@...vell.com>,
        "open list:QLOGIC QLGE 10Gb ETHERNET DRIVER" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] staging: qlge: fix else after return or break

On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 11:34:36AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
>On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 05:57:55AM +0800, Coiby Xu wrote:
>> @@ -1404,11 +1403,10 @@ static void ql_dump_cam_entries(struct ql_adapter *qdev)
>>  			pr_err("%s: Failed read of mac index register\n",
>>  			       __func__);
>>  			return;
>                        ^^^^^^
>> -		} else {
>> -			if (value[0])
>> -				pr_err("%s: MCAST index %d CAM Lookup Lower = 0x%.08x:%.08x\n",
>> -				       qdev->ndev->name, i, value[1], value[0]);
>>  		}
>> +		if (value[0])
>> +			pr_err("%s: MCAST index %d CAM Lookup Lower = 0x%.08x:%.08x\n",
>> +			       qdev->ndev->name, i, value[1], value[0]);
>>  	}
>>  	ql_sem_unlock(qdev, SEM_MAC_ADDR_MASK);
>        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>  }
>> @@ -1427,11 +1425,10 @@ void ql_dump_routing_entries(struct ql_adapter *qdev)
>>  			pr_err("%s: Failed read of routing index register\n",
>>  			       __func__);
>>  			return;
>                        ^^^^^^
>
>
>> -		} else {
>> -			if (value)
>> -				pr_err("%s: Routing Mask %d = 0x%.08x\n",
>> -				       qdev->ndev->name, i, value);
>>  		}
>> +		if (value)
>> +			pr_err("%s: Routing Mask %d = 0x%.08x\n",
>> +			       qdev->ndev->name, i, value);
>>  	}
>>  	ql_sem_unlock(qdev, SEM_RT_IDX_MASK);
>        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>  }
>
>This is not caused by your patch, but in these two functions we return
>without dropping the lock.  There may be other places as well, but these
>are the two I can see without leaving my email client.
>
>Do you think you could fix that before we forget?  Just change the
>return to a break to fix the bug.

Sure, I'll address this issue in the next series
of patches. Thank you for bringing up this issue!

--
Best regards,
Coiby