From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C168C433F5 for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2022 13:51:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1356284AbiDLNxo (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Apr 2022 09:53:44 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:50000 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S239232AbiDLNxn (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Apr 2022 09:53:43 -0400 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [139.178.84.217]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 759A155BEE; Tue, 12 Apr 2022 06:51:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1076161AE3; Tue, 12 Apr 2022 13:51:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 220A3C385A5; Tue, 12 Apr 2022 13:51:21 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1649771484; bh=1IVfo5Yk3XxTLv9hzGny7mpq5l2FdcstMt/R+wNLyuE=; h=Subject:From:In-Reply-To:References:To:Cc:Date:From; b=NXIhiHyK5WCGGNiGBzTM7XGQGQZ2WIBhvMOJsI+i5rf1/ifqSOQYeMAbV0QqH31nP UnxOMeGZ37DpdN71iDEScRhAKKsnQBY37J0MULfHnVKVG0nUr23NxnOzV26AHLRGqU 0afi+Ph68N2/3FuwfUttrCjKYhaDIOvBHfP2FMtc2TJPV/FE5g76WVxCWfroCQjdlh CXdy5sSDeXjn89nz5LsXsM4JmQhRYf9Lao3CYLd+El9KlUDOVBmaXtdqijGtyaYGJu bvvvuFGwjeQF2a0Cz+7UXkmMfo1/yZp8CtpgbnE8EJMipIkNUbU1a+WQYWzBGs04dA yOhGmq0WRCZHA== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] cw1200: fix incorrect check to determine if no element is found in list From: Kalle Valo In-Reply-To: <20220320035436.11293-1-xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com> References: <20220320035436.11293-1-xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com> To: Xiaomeng Tong Cc: pizza@shaftnet.org, davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, linville@tuxdriver.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jakobkoschel@gmail.com, Xiaomeng Tong User-Agent: pwcli/0.1.0-git (https://github.com/kvalo/pwcli/) Python/3.7.3 Message-ID: <164977147986.6629.2901483762629864309.kvalo@kernel.org> Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 13:51:21 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Xiaomeng Tong wrote: > The bug is here: "} else if (item) {". > > The list iterator value will *always* be set and non-NULL by > list_for_each_entry(), so it is incorrect to assume that the iterator > value will be NULL if the list is empty or no element is found in list. > > Use a new value 'iter' as the list iterator, while use the old value > 'item' as a dedicated pointer to point to the found element, which > 1. can fix this bug, due to now 'item' is NULL only if it's not found. > 2. do not need to change all the uses of 'item' after the loop. > 3. can also limit the scope of the list iterator 'iter' *only inside* > the traversal loop by simply declaring 'iter' inside the loop in the > future, as usage of the iterator outside of the list_for_each_entry > is considered harmful. https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/2/17/1032 > > Fixes: a910e4a94f692 ("cw1200: add driver for the ST-E CW1100 & CW1200 WLAN chipsets") > Signed-off-by: Xiaomeng Tong > Reviewed-by: Jeff Johnson Failed to apply, please rebase on top of latest wireless-next. Recorded preimage for 'drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/queue.c' error: Failed to merge in the changes. hint: Use 'git am --show-current-patch=diff' to see the failed patch Applying: cw1200: fix incorrect check to determine if no element is found in list Using index info to reconstruct a base tree... M drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/queue.c Falling back to patching base and 3-way merge... Auto-merging drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/queue.c CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/queue.c Patch failed at 0001 cw1200: fix incorrect check to determine if no element is found in list Patch set to Changes Requested. -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20220320035436.11293-1-xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches