netdev - [PATCH wpan/next] net: mac802154: Avoid displaying misleading debug information

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Date:   Mon,  5 Sep 2022 22:27:24 +0200
From:   Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
To:     Alexander Aring <alex.aring@...il.com>,
        Stefan Schmidt <stefan@...enfreihafen.org>,
        linux-wpan@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        David Girault <david.girault@...vo.com>,
        Romuald Despres <romuald.despres@...vo.com>,
        Frederic Blain <frederic.blain@...vo.com>,
        Nicolas Schodet <nico@...fr.eu.org>,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>,
        Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
Subject: [PATCH wpan/next] net: mac802154: Avoid displaying misleading debug information

With DEBUG defined, any frame received will see its MHR fields (fc and
addresses, mainly) being printed in the kernel log buffer,
unconditionally. In most cases this is fine, but in some specific cases
(like Acknowledgment frames, where both the source and destination
addressing fields are omitted), it displays garbage which is
misleading.

Only print the addressing fields when they are present, which clarifies
the logs.

Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
---
 net/mac802154/rx.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/mac802154/rx.c b/net/mac802154/rx.c
index c439125ef2b9..c0fd8d0c7f03 100644
--- a/net/mac802154/rx.c
+++ b/net/mac802154/rx.c
@@ -114,8 +114,10 @@ ieee802154_subif_frame(struct ieee802154_sub_if_data *sdata,
 static void
 ieee802154_print_addr(const char *name, const struct ieee802154_addr *addr)
 {
-	if (addr->mode == IEEE802154_ADDR_NONE)
+	if (addr->mode == IEEE802154_ADDR_NONE) {
 		pr_debug("%s not present\n", name);
+		return;
+	}
 
 	pr_debug("%s PAN ID: %04x\n", name, le16_to_cpu(addr->pan_id));
 	if (addr->mode == IEEE802154_ADDR_SHORT) {
-- 
2.34.1