From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> There is a check on the retry counter invalid_buf_id_retry that is always false because invalid_buf_id_retry is initialized to zero on each iteration of a while-loop. Fix this by initializing the retry counter before the while-loop starts. Addresses-Coverity: ("Logically dead code") Fixes: b4a967b7d0f5 ("wil6210: reset buff id in status message after completion") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Note: not tested, so I'm not sure if the loop retry threshold is high enough --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx_edma.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx_edma.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx_edma.c index 778b63be6a9a..02548d40253c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx_edma.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx_edma.c @@ -869,6 +869,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *wil_sring_reap_rx_edma(struct wil6210_priv *wil, u8 data_offset; struct wil_rx_status_extended *s; u16 sring_idx = sring - wil->srings; + int invalid_buff_id_retry; BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct wil_rx_status_extended) > sizeof(skb->cb)); @@ -882,9 +883,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *wil_sring_reap_rx_edma(struct wil6210_priv *wil, /* Extract the buffer ID from the status message */ buff_id = le16_to_cpu(wil_rx_status_get_buff_id(msg)); + invalid_buff_id_retry = 0; while (!buff_id) { struct wil_rx_status_extended *s; - int invalid_buff_id_retry = 0; wil_dbg_txrx(wil, "buff_id is not updated yet by HW, (swhead 0x%x)\n", -- 2.20.1