Re: [PATCH] wifi: ath12k: Fix uninitialized use of ret in ath12k_mac_allocate()

[Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>]

Hi Kalle,

On Wed, Feb 07, 2024 at 03:08:14PM +0000, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> > Clang warns (or errors with CONFIG_WERROR=y):
> > 
> >   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c:8060:9: error: variable 'ret' is uninitialized when used here [-Werror,-Wuninitialized]
> >    8060 |         return ret;
> >         |                ^~~
> >   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c:8022:9: note: initialize the variable 'ret' to silence this warning
> >    8022 |         int ret, i, j;
> >         |                ^
> >         |                 = 0
> >   1 error generated.
> > 
> > Commit 6db6e70a17f6 ("wifi: ath12k: Introduce the container for mac80211
> > hw") added a completely uninitialized use of ret. Prior to that change,
> > -ENOMEM was returned to the callers of ath12k_mac_allocate() whenever
> > ath12k_mac_hw_allocate() failed. Assign that value to ret to make sure
> > it is always initialized when used and clear up the warning.
> > 
> > Closes: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1989i
> > Fixes: 6db6e70a17f6 ("wifi: ath12k: Introduce the container for mac80211 hw")
> > Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
> > Acked-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@quicinc.com>
> 
> Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.
> 
> 04edb5dc68f4 wifi: ath12k: Fix uninitialized use of ret in ath12k_mac_allocate()

It doesn't seem like this tree or branch flows into -next on its own, so
this patch is not present in and the build still breaks on
next-20240221. Can this be fixed so that this warning stops breaking our
builds?

Cheers,
Nathan