Hi Saru2003, kernel test robot noticed the following build warnings: [auto build test WARNING on wireless-next/main] [also build test WARNING on wireless/main linus/master v6.12-rc6 next-20241107] [If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note. And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information] url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Saru2003/Fix-Ensure-auth_data-and-ap_addr-are-properly-set-before-marking-STA-as-authenticated/20241108-103338 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless-next.git main patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241108022828.6571-1-sarvesh20123%40gmail.com patch subject: [PATCH] Fix: Ensure auth_data and ap_addr are properly set before marking STA as authenticated config: x86_64-rhel-8.3 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20241108/202411081625.6Qy8h3Mu-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config) compiler: gcc-12 (Debian 12.2.0-14) 12.2.0 reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20241108/202411081625.6Qy8h3Mu-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/reproduce) If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags | Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202411081625.6Qy8h3Mu-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/ All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>): net/mac80211/mlme.c: In function 'ieee80211_mark_sta_auth': >> net/mac80211/mlme.c:4341:34: warning: the comparison will always evaluate as 'true' for the address of 'ap_addr' will never be NULL [-Waddress] 4341 | if (!ifmgd->auth_data || !ifmgd->auth_data->ap_addr) { | ^ In file included from net/mac80211/mlme.c:28: net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h:414:12: note: 'ap_addr' declared here 414 | u8 ap_addr[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2); | ^~~~~~~ vim +4341 net/mac80211/mlme.c 4334 4335 static bool ieee80211_mark_sta_auth(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata) 4336 { 4337 struct ieee80211_if_managed *ifmgd = &sdata->u.mgd; 4338 const u8 *ap_addr; 4339 struct sta_info *sta; 4340 > 4341 if (!ifmgd->auth_data || !ifmgd->auth_data->ap_addr) { 4342 sdata_info(sdata, "auth_data not set or ap_addr missing\n"); 4343 return false; 4344 } 4345 4346 ap_addr = ifmgd->auth_data->ap_addr; 4347 4348 lockdep_assert_wiphy(sdata->local->hw.wiphy); 4349 4350 sdata_info(sdata, "authenticated\n"); 4351 ifmgd->auth_data->done = true; 4352 ifmgd->auth_data->timeout = jiffies + IEEE80211_AUTH_WAIT_ASSOC; 4353 ifmgd->auth_data->timeout_started = true; 4354 run_again(sdata, ifmgd->auth_data->timeout); 4355 4356 /* move station state to auth */ 4357 sta = sta_info_get(sdata, ap_addr); 4358 if (!sta) { 4359 sdata_info(sdata, "STA %pM not found, skipping authentication mark\n", ap_addr); 4360 return false; 4361 } 4362 if (sta_info_move_state(sta, IEEE80211_STA_AUTH)) { 4363 sdata_info(sdata, "failed moving %pM to auth\n", ap_addr); 4364 return false; 4365 } 4366 4367 return true; 4368 } 4369 -- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests/wiki