On Tue, Jun 08, 2021 at 12:37:08PM +0000, Vladimir Oltean wrote: > Hello Dan Carpenter, > > On Tue, Jun 08, 2021 at 03:23:42PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote: > > Hello Vladimir Oltean, > > > > The patch 11059740e616: "net: pcs: xpcs: convert to phylink_pcs_ops" > > from Jun 2, 2021, leads to the following static checker warning: > > > > drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c:1237 stmmac_phy_setup() > > error: we previously assumed 'mdio_bus_data' could be null (see line 1225) > > > > drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c > > 1215 static int stmmac_phy_setup(struct stmmac_priv *priv) > > 1216 { > > 1217 struct stmmac_mdio_bus_data *mdio_bus_data = priv->plat->mdio_bus_data; > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > 1218 struct fwnode_handle *fwnode = of_fwnode_handle(priv->plat->phylink_node); > > 1219 int mode = priv->plat->phy_interface; > > 1220 struct phylink *phylink; > > 1221 > > 1222 priv->phylink_config.dev = &priv->dev->dev; > > 1223 priv->phylink_config.type = PHYLINK_NETDEV; > > 1224 priv->phylink_config.pcs_poll = true; > > 1225 if (priv->plat->mdio_bus_data) > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > This old code assumes mdio_bus_data can be NULL. > > > > 1226 priv->phylink_config.ovr_an_inband = > > 1227 mdio_bus_data->xpcs_an_inband; > > 1228 > > 1229 if (!fwnode) > > 1230 fwnode = dev_fwnode(priv->device); > > 1231 > > 1232 phylink = phylink_create(&priv->phylink_config, fwnode, > > 1233 mode, &stmmac_phylink_mac_ops); > > 1234 if (IS_ERR(phylink)) > > 1235 return PTR_ERR(phylink); > > 1236 > > 1237 if (mdio_bus_data->has_xpcs) { > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Unchecked dereference. > > > > 1238 struct mdio_xpcs_args *xpcs = priv->hw->xpcs; > > 1239 > > 1240 phylink_set_pcs(phylink, &xpcs->pcs); > > 1241 } > > 1242 > > 1243 priv->phylink = phylink; > > 1244 return 0; > > 1245 } > > > > regards, > > dan carpenter > > This should be solved here: > https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20210604112825.011148a3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Nope. That is a fix for merge conflict and it has been removed from today's linux-next. It's unrelated. regards, dan carpenter