This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
ath11k: Fix warning on variable 'sar' dereference before check
to the 5.19-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
ath11k-fix-warning-on-variable-sar-dereference-befor.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.19 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 9057948dfa2c3d0427fb4b387e04d4534ed72224
Author: Baochen Qiang <quic_bqiang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue May 17 08:48:44 2022 +0800
ath11k: Fix warning on variable 'sar' dereference before check
[ Upstream commit 77bbbd5e0ed3b5998a353b0948584faa4f565f0e ]
We are seeing below warning:
warn: variable dereferenced before check 'sar'
Fix it by moving ahead pointer check on 'sar'.
Tested-on: WCN6855 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-03125-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-3
Fixes: 652f69ed9c1b ("ath11k: Add support for SAR")
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Baochen Qiang <quic_bqiang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220517004844.2412660-1-quic_bqiang@xxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c
index ee1590b16eff..7d574ad67e59 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c
@@ -8297,11 +8297,15 @@ static int ath11k_mac_op_set_bios_sar_specs(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
const struct cfg80211_sar_specs *sar)
{
struct ath11k *ar = hw->priv;
- const struct cfg80211_sar_sub_specs *sspec = sar->sub_specs;
+ const struct cfg80211_sar_sub_specs *sspec;
int ret, index;
u8 *sar_tbl;
u32 i;
+ if (!sar || sar->type != NL80211_SAR_TYPE_POWER ||
+ sar->num_sub_specs == 0)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
mutex_lock(&ar->conf_mutex);
if (!test_bit(WMI_TLV_SERVICE_BIOS_SAR_SUPPORT, ar->ab->wmi_ab.svc_map) ||
@@ -8310,12 +8314,6 @@ static int ath11k_mac_op_set_bios_sar_specs(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
goto exit;
}
- if (!sar || sar->type != NL80211_SAR_TYPE_POWER ||
- sar->num_sub_specs == 0) {
- ret = -EINVAL;
- goto exit;
- }
-
ret = ath11k_wmi_pdev_set_bios_geo_table_param(ar);
if (ret) {
ath11k_warn(ar->ab, "failed to set geo table: %d\n", ret);
@@ -8328,6 +8326,7 @@ static int ath11k_mac_op_set_bios_sar_specs(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
goto exit;
}
+ sspec = sar->sub_specs;
for (i = 0; i < sar->num_sub_specs; i++) {
if (sspec->freq_range_index >= (BIOS_SAR_TABLE_LEN >> 1)) {
ath11k_warn(ar->ab, "Ignore bad frequency index %u, max allowed %u\n",
