On Mon, Jun 06, 2022 at 10:36:46PM +0300, Pavel Skripkin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> it's reincarnation of my old series for adding sane error handling in
> r8818eu.
>
> *Problem*
>
> Old code was returning just stack variable in case of read error. It's
> not the best approach, since passing around stack data might cause
> device misconfiguration or even kernel data leakage
>
> To solve this I've changed rtw_read{8,16,32} prototypes to return an error via
> return value and data via passed pointer. Some work should be done to
> propogate an error down to calltrace, but it's good way to at least
> start doing sane I/O error handling
>
> Tested locally on qemu with TP-Link TL-WN722N v2/v3 [Realtek RTL8188EUS]
> device. More testing is welcomed, of course :)
>
> _NOTE_
> Series is based on top of staging-testing branch.
>
> Changes since v2:
> get rid of `(void)res` and return an error from function instead of
> hiding it
>
> Changes since v1:
> addresses issues found by Dan and self review. Mostly related to returning
> _FAIL instead of -errno, since callers expect _FAIL/_SUCCESS
>
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-staging/cover.1652911343.git.paskripkin@xxxxxxxxx/
> v2: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-staging/cover.1652994483.git.paskripkin@xxxxxxxxx/
>
> Pavel Skripkin (4):
> staging: r8188eu: add error handling of rtw_read8
> staging: r8188eu: add error handling of rtw_read16
> staging: r8188eu: add error handling of rtw_read32
> MAINTAINERS: add myself as r8188eu reviewer
>
> MAINTAINERS | 1 +
> drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c | 15 +-
> drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_efuse.c | 33 ++-
> drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_fw.c | 72 +++--
> drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_led.c | 16 +-
> drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c | 62 ++++-
> drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_pwrctrl.c | 9 +-
> drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_wlan_util.c | 20 +-
> .../r8188eu/hal/Hal8188ERateAdaptive.c | 21 +-
> drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/HalPhyRf_8188e.c | 21 +-
> drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/HalPwrSeqCmd.c | 9 +-
> drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/hal_com.c | 27 +-
> drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_cmd.c | 37 ++-
> drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_dm.c | 6 +-
> .../staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_hal_init.c | 136 +++++++---
> drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/rtl8188e_phycfg.c | 30 ++-
> drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/usb_halinit.c | 251 +++++++++++++++---
> drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/usb_ops_linux.c | 33 ++-
> drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_io.h | 6 +-
> drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c | 47 +++-
> drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c | 19 +-
> 21 files changed, 693 insertions(+), 178 deletions(-)
After applying, I get the following build warning which breaks the
build:
drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c:6826:13: error: unused variable ‘res’ [-Werror=unused-variable]
6826 | int res;
| ^~~
Please test-build your patches before sending them out :(
greg k-h
