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[net-next,v3] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Correct check for empty list

Message ID 20240430-mv88e6xx-list_empty-v3-1-c35c69d88d2e@kernel.org (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit 4c7f3950a9fd53a62b156c0fe7c3a2c43b0ba19b
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series [net-next,v3] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Correct check for empty list | expand

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Commit Message

Simon Horman April 30, 2024, 5:46 p.m. UTC
Since commit a3c53be55c95 ("net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Support multiple MDIO
busses") mv88e6xxx_default_mdio_bus() has checked that the
return value of list_first_entry() is non-NULL.

This appears to be intended to guard against the list chip->mdios being
empty.  However, it is not the correct check as the implementation of
list_first_entry is not designed to return NULL for empty lists.

Instead, use list_first_entry_or_null() which does return NULL if the
list is empty.

Flagged by Smatch.
Compile tested only.

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
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Changes in v3:
- Drop RFC designation, which should have been done for v2
- Refer to fix being to use list_first_entry_or_null().
  Thanks to Dan Carpenter.
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240427-mv88e6xx-list_empty-v2-1-b7ce47c77bc7@kernel.org

Changes in v2:
- Use list_first_entry_or_null() instead of open-coding
  a condition on list_empty().
  Suggested by Dan Carpenter.
- Update commit message.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240419-mv88e6xx-list_empty-v1-1-64fd6d1059a8@kernel.org
---
As discussed in v1, this is not being considered a fix
as it has been like this for a long time without any
reported problems.
---
 drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/chip.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org May 3, 2024, 2:10 a.m. UTC | #1
Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>:

On Tue, 30 Apr 2024 18:46:45 +0100 you wrote:
> Since commit a3c53be55c95 ("net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Support multiple MDIO
> busses") mv88e6xxx_default_mdio_bus() has checked that the
> return value of list_first_entry() is non-NULL.
> 
> This appears to be intended to guard against the list chip->mdios being
> empty.  However, it is not the correct check as the implementation of
> list_first_entry is not designed to return NULL for empty lists.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,v3] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Correct check for empty list
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/4c7f3950a9fd

You are awesome, thank you!
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diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/chip.c b/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/chip.c
index f29ef72a2f1d..fc6e2e3ab0f0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/chip.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/chip.c
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@  struct mii_bus *mv88e6xxx_default_mdio_bus(struct mv88e6xxx_chip *chip)
 {
 	struct mv88e6xxx_mdio_bus *mdio_bus;
 
-	mdio_bus = list_first_entry(&chip->mdios, struct mv88e6xxx_mdio_bus,
-				    list);
+	mdio_bus = list_first_entry_or_null(&chip->mdios,
+					    struct mv88e6xxx_mdio_bus, list);
 	if (!mdio_bus)
 		return NULL;