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Message-ID: <20230913112929.GS401982@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 13:29:29 +0200
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, lorenzo.bianconi@...hat.com, nbd@....name,
	john@...ozen.org, sean.wang@...iatek.com, Mark-MC.Lee@...iatek.com,
	davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ethernet: mtk_wed: check
 update_wo_rx_stats in mtk_wed_update_rx_stats()

On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 10:28:00AM +0200, Lorenzo Bianconi wrote:
> Check if update_wo_rx_stats function pointer is properly set in
> mtk_wed_update_rx_stats routine before accessing it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>

Hi Lorenzo,

I'm a little curious about this.

Is there a condition where it is not set but accessed,
which would presumably be a bug that warrants a fixes tag and
targeting at 'net'?

Or can it not occur, in which case this check is perhaps not needed?

Or something else?

> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_wed_mcu.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_wed_mcu.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_wed_mcu.c
> index 071ed3dea860..72bcdaed12a9 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_wed_mcu.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_wed_mcu.c
> @@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ mtk_wed_update_rx_stats(struct mtk_wed_device *wed, struct sk_buff *skb)
>  	struct mtk_wed_wo_rx_stats *stats;
>  	int i;
>  
> +	if (!wed->wlan.update_wo_rx_stats)
> +		return;
> +
>  	if (count * sizeof(*stats) > skb->len - sizeof(u32))
>  		return;
>  
> -- 
> 2.41.0
> 
>