Re: [PATCH net] wifi: airo: avoid uninitialized warning in airo_get_rate()

From: Simon Horman
Date: Tue Jul 11 2023 - 13:26:28 EST


On Sun, Jul 09, 2023 at 06:31:54AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Quieten a gcc (11.3.0) build error or warning by checking the function
> call status and returning -EBUSY if the function call failed.
> This is similar to what several other wireless drivers do for the
> SIOCGIWRATE ioctl call when there is a locking problem.
>
> drivers/net/wireless/cisco/airo.c: error: 'status_rid.currentXmitRate' is used uninitialized [-Werror=uninitialized]

Hi Randy,

There seem to be other calls to readStatusRid() in the same file
with similar properties. Perhaps it would be best to fix them too?

> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: lore.kernel.org/r/39abf2c7-24a-f167-91da-ed4c5435d1c4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/cisco/airo.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff -- a/drivers/net/wireless/cisco/airo.c b/drivers/net/wireless/cisco/airo.c
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/cisco/airo.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/cisco/airo.c
> @@ -6157,8 +6157,11 @@ static int airo_get_rate(struct net_devi
> struct iw_param *vwrq = &wrqu->bitrate;
> struct airo_info *local = dev->ml_priv;
> StatusRid status_rid; /* Card status info */
> + int ret;
>
> - readStatusRid(local, &status_rid, 1);
> + ret = readStatusRid(local, &status_rid, 1);
> + if (ret)
> + return -EBUSY;
>
> vwrq->value = le16_to_cpu(status_rid.currentXmitRate) * 500000;
> /* If more than one rate, set auto */
>