netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH v17 6/8] mfd: an8855: Add support for Airoha AN8855 Switch MFD

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Message-ID: <68c56bea.050a0220.a9dbf.b7c8@mx.google.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2025 15:04:40 +0200
From: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
To: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v17 6/8] mfd: an8855: Add support for Airoha
 AN8855 Switch MFD

On Sat, Sep 13, 2025 at 02:01:37PM +0100, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 03:39:21PM +0200, Christian Marangi wrote:
> > Add support for Airoha AN8855 Switch MFD that provide support for a DSA
> > switch and a NVMEM provider.
> > 
> > Also make use of the mdio-regmap driver and register a regmap for each
> > internal PHY of the switch.
> > This is needed to handle the double usage of the PHYs as both PHY and
> > Switch accessor.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
> 
> ...
> 
> > diff --git a/drivers/mfd/airoha-an8855.c b/drivers/mfd/airoha-an8855.c
> 
> ...
> 
> > +static int an855_mdio_register(struct device *dev, struct an8855_core_priv *priv)
> > +{
> > +	struct device_node *mdio_np;
> > +	int ret;
> > +
> > +	mdio_np = of_get_child_by_name(dev->of_node, "mdio");
> > +	if (!mdio_np)
> > +		return -ENODEV;
> > +
> > +	for_each_available_child_of_node_scoped(mdio_np, phy_np) {
> > +		ret = an8855_phy_register(dev, priv, phy_np);
> > +		if (ret)
> > +			break;
> > +	}
> 
> Hi Christian,
> 
> Maybe it cannot happen, but if the loop above iterates zero times,
> then ret will be used uninitialised below.
> 
> Flagged by Smatch.
>

Do you have hint of how to run smatch on this? Is there a simple arg to
make to enable this?

Anyway yes it goes against schema but it's possible somehow to have a
very broken DT node with no phy in it.

> > +
> > +	of_node_put(mdio_np);
> > +	return ret;
> > +}
> 
> ...

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