RE: [bug report] staging/rdma/hfi1: move txreq header code

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: linux-rdma-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-rdma-
>owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Carpenter
>Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2018 10:32 AM
>To: Marciniszyn, Mike <mike.marciniszyn@xxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: linux-rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bug report] staging/rdma/hfi1: move txreq header code
>
>Hello Mike Marciniszyn,
>
>The patch 45842abbb292: "staging/rdma/hfi1: move txreq header code"
>from Feb 14, 2016, leads to the following static checker warning:
>
>	drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/verbs_txreq.h:89 get_txreq()
>	warn: 'tx' can also be NULL
>
>drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/verbs_txreq.h
>    75  static inline struct verbs_txreq *get_txreq(struct hfi1_ibdev *dev,
>    76                                              struct rvt_qp *qp)
>    77          __must_hold(&qp->slock)
>    78  {
>    79          struct verbs_txreq *tx;
>    80          struct hfi1_qp_priv *priv = qp->priv;
>    81
>    82          tx = kmem_cache_alloc(dev->verbs_txreq_cache, GFP_ATOMIC);
>    83          if (unlikely(!tx)) {
>    84                  /* call slow path to get the lock */
>    85                  tx = __get_txreq(dev, qp);
>                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>The problem is that __get_txreq() returns a mix of error pointers and
>NULL.  I skimmed the function but it's not totally clear to me how it's
>supposed to work.

Arg.  That is not good.

Patch will be forthcoming.

Mike


>    86                  if (IS_ERR(tx))
>    87                          return tx;
>    88          }
>    89          tx->qp = qp;
>    90          tx->mr = NULL;
>    91          tx->sde = priv->s_sde;
>    92          tx->psc = priv->s_sendcontext;
>    93          /* so that we can test if the sdma decriptors are there */
>    94          tx->txreq.num_desc = 0;
>    95          /* Set the header type */
>    96          tx->phdr.hdr.hdr_type = priv->hdr_type;
>    97          return tx;
>    98  }
>
>regards,
>dan carpenter
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