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Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 21:48:36 +0545
From: Dipendra Khadka <kdipendra88@...il.com>
To: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
Cc: sgoutham@...vell.com, gakula@...vell.com, sbhatta@...vell.com,
hkelam@...vell.com, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staging: net: nic: Add error pointer check in otx2_flows.c
Hi,
Thank you for the response.I had already sent the v2 patch. I will
send v3 addressing all the issues.
On Mon, 23 Sept 2024 at 21:41, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Sep 22, 2024 at 06:52:35PM +0000, Dipendra Khadka wrote:
> > Smatch reported following:
> > '''
> > drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_flows.c:123 otx2_alloc_mcam_entries() error: 'rsp' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()
> > drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_flows.c:201 otx2_mcam_entry_init() error: 'rsp' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()
> > drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_flows.c:236 otx2_mcam_entry_init() error: 'frsp' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()
> > '''
> >
> > Adding error pointer check after calling otx2_mbox_get_rsp.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dipendra Khadka <kdipendra88@...il.com>
>
> Hi Dipendra,
>
> As noted by Andrew Lunn in relation to another patch [1],
> this driver isn't in Staging so the subject is not correct.
> And moreover, as Andrew suggested, please take a look at [2].
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/13fbb6c3-661f-477a-b33b-99303cd11622@lunn.ch/
> [2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-netdev.html
>
> > ---
> > .../ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_flows.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_flows.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_flows.c
> > index 98c31a16c70b..4b61236c7c41 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_flows.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_flows.c
> > @@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ int otx2_alloc_mcam_entries(struct otx2_nic *pfvf, u16 count)
> > rsp = (struct npc_mcam_alloc_entry_rsp *)otx2_mbox_get_rsp
> > (&pfvf->mbox.mbox, 0, &req->hdr);
>
> nit: No blank line here please.
> Similarly in the other hunks of this patch.
>
> >
> > + if (IS_ERR(rsp)) {
> > + mutex_unlock(&bfvf->mbox.lock);
>
> This doesn't compile as bfvf doesn't exit in this context.
>
> > + return PTR_ERR(rsp);
>
> Looking at error handling elsewhere in the same loop, perhaps this
> is appropriate instead of returning.
>
> goto exit;
>
> > + }
> > +
> > for (ent = 0; ent < rsp->count; ent++)
> > flow_cfg->flow_ent[ent + allocated] = rsp->entry_list[ent];
> >
>
> ...
Best Regards,
Dipendra
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