linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] wifi: rtlwifi: rtl8821ae: phy: restore removed code to fix infinite loop

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Message-ID: <8f57aa57-596c-174f-27b3-19d8aa60cc89@nfschina.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2024 09:14:07 +0800
From: Su Hui <suhui@...china.com>
To: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@...ltek.com>, Colin Ian King
 <colin.i.king@...il.com>, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>,
 "linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: "kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
 "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: rtlwifi: rtl8821ae: phy: restore removed code to
 fix infinite loop

On 2024/11/7 08:51, Ping-Ke Shih wrote:
> Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com> wrote:
>> A previous clean-up fix removed the assignment of v2 inside a while loop
>> that turned it into an infinite loop. Fix this by restoring the assignment
>> of v2 from array[] so that v2 is updated inside the loop.
>>
>> Fixes: cda37445718d ("wifi: rtlwifi: rtl8821ae: phy: remove some useless code")
>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>

Thanks for your correction. I'm sorry for this stupid mistake.

Reviewed-by: Su Hui <suhui@...china.com>

> I tested RTL8812AE/8821AE. Luckily, parsing current PHY register parameters
> never falls into the check condition.
>
> Tested-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@...ltek.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/phy.c | 4 +++-
>>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/phy.c
>> b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/phy.c
>> index 1be51ea3f3c8..0d4d787e8be5 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/phy.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/phy.c
>> @@ -2033,8 +2033,10 @@ static bool _rtl8821ae_phy_config_bb_with_pgheaderfile(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
>>                          if (!_rtl8821ae_check_condition(hw, v1)) {
>>                                  i += 2; /* skip the pair of expression*/
>>                                  v2 = array[i+1];
>> -                               while (v2 != 0xDEAD)
>> +                               while (v2 != 0xDEAD) {
>>                                          i += 3;
>> +                                       v2 = array[i + 1];
>> +                               }
>>                          }
>>                  }
>>          }
>> --
>> 2.39.5