Re: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/debugfs.c:1009 ath11k_debugfs_soc_create() warn: passing zero to 'PTR_ERR'

[Kalle Valo]

+ ath11k list

Including the full report below.

Kalle

Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
> head:   7a934f4bd7d6f9da84c8812da3ba42ee10f5778e
> commit: 323d91d4684d238f6bc3693fed93caf795378fe0 wifi: ath11k: debugfs: fix to work with multiple PCI devices
> config: openrisc-randconfig-m041-20230414
> (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20230415/202304152142.ssXYxFdQ-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
> compiler: or1k-linux-gcc (GCC) 12.1.0
>
> If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable
> | Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> | Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
> | Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202304152142.ssXYxFdQ-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
>
> New smatch warnings:
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/debugfs.c:1009 ath11k_debugfs_soc_create() warn: passing zero to 'PTR_ERR'
>
> Old smatch warnings:
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/debugfs.c:1022 ath11k_debugfs_soc_create() warn: passing zero to 'PTR_ERR'
>
> vim +/PTR_ERR +1009 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/debugfs.c
>
> cb4e57db2ff0c8 Kalle Valo 2020-09-16   998  int ath11k_debugfs_soc_create(struct ath11k_base *ab)
> da3a9d3c15769b Kalle Valo 2020-09-16   999  {
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1000  	struct dentry *root;
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1001  	bool dput_needed;
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1002  	char name[64];
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1003  	int ret;
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1004  
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1005  	root = debugfs_lookup("ath11k", NULL);
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1006  	if (!root) {
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1007  		root = debugfs_create_dir("ath11k", NULL);
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1008  		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(root))
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22 @1009  			return PTR_ERR(root);
>
> Debugfs used to return a mix of error pointers and NULL but we changed
> the NULL return to an error pointer to encourage people to just delete
> all debugfs error handling code.
>
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1010  
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1011  		dput_needed = false;
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1012  	} else {
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22 1013 /* a dentry from lookup()
> needs dput() after we don't use it */
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1014  		dput_needed = true;
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1015  	}
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1016  
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1017  	scnprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s-%s", ath11k_bus_str(ab->hif.bus),
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1018  		  dev_name(ab->dev));
> da3a9d3c15769b Kalle Valo 2020-09-16  1019  
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1020  	ab->debugfs_soc = debugfs_create_dir(name, root);
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1021  	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ab->debugfs_soc)) {
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1022  		ret = PTR_ERR(ab->debugfs_soc);
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1023  		goto out;
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1024  	}
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1025  
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1026  	ret = 0;
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1027  
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1028  out:
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1029  	if (dput_needed)
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1030  		dput(root);
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1031  
> 323d91d4684d23 Kalle Valo 2022-12-22  1032  	return ret;
> da3a9d3c15769b Kalle Valo 2020-09-16  1033  }