netdev - Re: [bug report] net: airoha: Move DSA tag in DMA descriptor

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Message-ID: <Z8l3E0lGOcrel07C@lore-desk>
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 11:21:07 +0100
From: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>
To: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [bug report] net: airoha: Move DSA tag in DMA descriptor

On Mar 06, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> Hello Lorenzo Bianconi,
> 
> Commit af3cf757d5c9 ("net: airoha: Move DSA tag in DMA descriptor")
> from Feb 28, 2025 (linux-next), leads to the following Smatch static
> checker warning:
> 
> 	drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c:1722 airoha_get_dsa_tag()
> 	warn: 'dp' isn't an ERR_PTR
> 
> drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
>     1710 static u32 airoha_get_dsa_tag(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
>     1711 {
>     1712 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NET_DSA)
>     1713         struct ethhdr *ehdr;
>     1714         struct dsa_port *dp;
>     1715         u8 xmit_tpid;
>     1716         u16 tag;
>     1717 
>     1718         if (!netdev_uses_dsa(dev))
>     1719                 return 0;
>     1720 
>     1721         dp = dev->dsa_ptr;
> --> 1722         if (IS_ERR(dp))
> 
> Why would this be an error pointer?  Is this supposed to be a check for
> NULL?

yes, right. Moreover NULL pointer check is already done in netdev_uses_dsa() so
we can drop it. I will post a fix for it.

Regards,
Lorenzo

> 
>     1723                 return 0;
>     1724 
>     1725         if (dp->tag_ops->proto != DSA_TAG_PROTO_MTK)
>     1726                 return 0;
>     1727 
>     1728         if (skb_cow_head(skb, 0))
>     1729                 return 0;
>     1730 
> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter

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