[PATCH next] wifi: mm81x: fix type bugs handling sdio_readl/writel()

From: Dan Carpenter

Date: Thu Aug 20 2026 - 04:30:42 EST


The sdio_readl() and sdio_writel() functions, instead of returning kernel
error codes, instead stores the error codes in a parameter. These caller
functions pass should pass an int pointer to store the error code but
instead pass a signed long.

This will not work on big endian systems. On little endian systems
passing a ssize_t means negative error codes are converted to positive
values near UINT_MAX. This doesn't cause a problem at runtime because
in mm81x_sdio_reg32_write() the error codes are discarded and we always
return -EIO. In mm81x_sdio_reg32_read() the high bits are truncated
away so the positive value is re-converted back to negative and the
code works as intended.

Either way, passing an int is the correct thing and is a cleanup.

Fixes: b1906cea00b0 ("wifi: mm81x: add mm81x Wi-Fi HaLow driver")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/morsemicro/mm81x/sdio.c | 9 ++++-----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/morsemicro/mm81x/sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/morsemicro/mm81x/sdio.c
index 96fce187dd35..65277399bf18 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/morsemicro/mm81x/sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/morsemicro/mm81x/sdio.c
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ static int mm81x_sdio_dm_read(struct mm81x *mors, u32 address, u8 *data,

static int mm81x_sdio_reg32_write(struct mm81x *mors, u32 address, u32 val)
{
- ssize_t ret = 0;
+ int ret = 0;
u32 original_address = address;
struct mm81x_sdio *sdio = (struct mm81x_sdio *)mors->drv_priv;
struct sdio_func *func1 = sdio->func->card->sdio_func[0];
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ static int mm81x_sdio_reg32_write(struct mm81x *mors, u32 address, u32 val)

address &= 0x0000FFFF;
sdio_writel(func1, (__force u32)cpu_to_le32(val),
- (__force u32)cpu_to_le32(address), (int *)&ret);
+ (__force u32)cpu_to_le32(address), &ret);
if (ret)
goto error;

@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ static int mm81x_sdio_reg32_write(struct mm81x *mors, u32 address, u32 val)
static int mm81x_sdio_reg32_read(struct mm81x *mors, u32 address, u32 *val)
{
u32 value;
- ssize_t ret = 0;
+ int ret = 0;
struct mm81x_sdio *sdio = (struct mm81x_sdio *)mors->drv_priv;
struct sdio_func *func1 = sdio->func->card->sdio_func[0];

@@ -419,8 +419,7 @@ static int mm81x_sdio_reg32_read(struct mm81x *mors, u32 address, u32 *val)
MM81X_CONFIG_ACCESS_4BYTE);

address &= 0x0000FFFF;
- value = sdio_readl(func1, (__force u32)cpu_to_le32(address),
- (int *)&ret);
+ value = sdio_readl(func1, (__force u32)cpu_to_le32(address), &ret);
if (ret)
return ret;

--
2.53.0