On 2/1/2024 6:35 PM, Baochen Qiang wrote:
> Currently in ath11k_peer_assoc_h_he() rx_mcs_80 and rx_mcs_160
> are used to calculate max_nss, see
> if (support_160)
> max_nss = min(rx_mcs_80, rx_mcs_160);
> else
> max_nss = rx_mcs_80;
>
> Kernel test robot complains on uninitialized symbols:
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c:2321 ath11k_peer_assoc_h_he() error: uninitialized symbol 'rx_mcs_80'.
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c:2321 ath11k_peer_assoc_h_he() error: uninitialized symbol 'rx_mcs_160'.
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c:2323 ath11k_peer_assoc_h_he() error: uninitialized symbol 'rx_mcs_80'.
>
> This is because there are some code paths that never set them, so
> the assignment of max_nss can come from uninitialized variables.
> This could result in some unknown issues since a wrong peer_nss
> might be passed to firmware.
>
> Change to initialize them to an invalid value at the beginning. This
> makes sense because even max_nss gets an invalid value, due to either
> or both of them being invalid, we can get an valid peer_nss with
> following guard:
> arg->peer_nss = min(sta->deflink.rx_nss, max_nss)
>
> Tested-on: WCN6855 hw2.1 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-03125-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-3.6510.23
>
> Fixes: 3db26ecf7114 ("ath11k: calculate the correct NSS of peer for HE capabilities")
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202401311243.NyXwWZxP-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: Baochen Qiang <quic_bqiang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
