netdev - Re: [PATCH] wil6210: fix break that is never reached because of zero'ing of a retry counter

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Message-ID: <0101016ea27c8290-6a36151e-699b-46d6-a206-290403315074-000000@us-west-2.amazonses.com>
Date:   Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:14:59 +0000
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Maya Erez <merez@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, wil6210@....qualcomm.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wil6210: fix break that is never reached because of
 zero'ing of a retry counter

Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:

> There is a check on the retry counter invalid_buf_id_retry that is always
> false because invalid_buf_id_retry is initialized to zero on each iteration
> of a while-loop.  Fix this by initializing the retry counter before the
> while-loop starts.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Logically dead code")
> Fixes: b4a967b7d0f5 ("wil6210: reset buff id in status message after completion")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> Reviewed-by: Maya Erez <merez@...eaurora.org>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

5b1413f00b5b wil6210: fix break that is never reached because of zero'ing of a retry counter

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11246193/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches