linux-kernel - Re: issue wth ath12k in ath12k_dbring_buffer_release

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Message-ID: <a3d69b71-d204-4e4f-b6bd-d7e80bf7b546@oss.qualcomm.com>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2025 10:26:44 -0700
From: Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@....qualcomm.com>
To: "Colin King (gmail)" <colin.i.king@...il.com>,
        Jeff Johnson <jjohnson@...nel.org>,
        "linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        ath12k@...ts.infradead.org
Cc: "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: issue wth ath12k in ath12k_dbring_buffer_release_event

On 5/8/2025 4:00 AM, Colin King (gmail) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dbring.c function 
> ath12k_dbring_buffer_release_event() there is a large hunk of code that 
> is never executed because ring is NULL.  The code that is never executed 
> is a fairly large part of the functionality of the code, so I this looks 
> like a bug to me.

The features which use this functionality have not yet landed in the upstream
version of ath12k.

/jeff