Re: [PATCH 2/2] ath11k: Handle errors if peer creation fails

Alex Dewar [off-list ref] writes:

I prefer not to initialise the ret variable.

So in the pending branch I changed this to:

	ret = 0;

out:
	mutex_unlock(&ar->conf_mutex);

	return ret;

Please check.

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On Tue, Oct 06, 2020 at 10:26:28AM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:

Alex Dewar [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

ath11k_peer_create() is called without its return value being checked,
meaning errors will be unhandled. Add missing check and, as the mutex is
unconditionally unlocked on leaving this function, simplify the exit
path.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1497531 ("Code maintainability issues")
Fixes: 701e48a43e15 ("ath11k: add packet log support for QCA6390")
Signed-off-by: Alex Dewar <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c | 21 +++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c
index 7f8dd47d2333..58db1b57b941 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c

@@ -5211,7 +5211,7 @@ ath11k_mac_op_assign_vif_chanctx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	struct ath11k *ar = hw->priv;
 	struct ath11k_base *ab = ar->ab;
 	struct ath11k_vif *arvif = (void *)vif->drv_priv;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;

I prefer not to initialise the ret variable.

quoted

 	arvif->is_started = true;
 
 	/* TODO: Setup ps and cts/rts protection */
 
-	mutex_unlock(&ar->conf_mutex);
-
-	return 0;
-
-err:
+unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&ar->conf_mutex);
 
 	return ret;

11 more quoted lines

Hi Kalle,

I'm afraid you've introduced a bug ;). The body of the first if-statement
in the function doesn't set ret because no error has occurred. So now
it'll jump to the label and the function will return ret uninitialized.

With the gcc extension, ret will be initialised to zero anyway, so we're
not saving anything by explicitly assigning to ret later in the
function.

Best,
Alex

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