netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] mt76: mt7921: remove incorrect error handling

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Date:   Fri, 26 Feb 2021 09:22:37 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name>,
        Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi83@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Ryder Lee <ryder.lee@...iatek.com>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Sean Wang <sean.wang@...iatek.com>,
        Soul Huang <Soul.Huang@...iatek.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mt76: mt7921: remove incorrect error handling

Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org> wrote:

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> Clang points out a mistake in the error handling in
> mt7921_mcu_tx_rate_report(), which tries to dereference a pointer that
> cannot be initialized because of the error that is being handled:
> 
> drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/mcu.c:409:3: warning: variable 'stats' is uninitialized when used here [-Wuninitialized]
>                 stats->tx_rate = rate;
>                 ^~~~~
> drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/mcu.c:401:32: note: initialize the variable 'stats' to silence this warning
>         struct mt7921_sta_stats *stats;
>                                       ^
> Just remove the obviously incorrect line.
> 
> Fixes: 1c099ab44727 ("mt76: mt7921: add MCU support")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers.git, thanks.

fb5fabb192b2 mt76: mt7921: remove incorrect error handling

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20210225145953.404859-2-arnd@kernel.org/

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