[PATCH] wifi: ath11k: mac: fix struct ieee80211_sband_iftype_data handling
Jeff Johnson
quic_jjohnson at quicinc.com
Thu Sep 21 10:09:19 PDT 2023
On 9/21/2023 12:54 AM, Kalle Valo wrote:
> From: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo at quicinc.com>
>
> Commit e8c1841278a7 ("wifi: cfg80211: annotate iftype_data pointer with
> sparse") added sparse checks for struct ieee80211_sband_iftype_data handling
> which immediately found an issue in ath11k:
>
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c:7952:22: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c:7952:22: expected struct ieee80211_sta_he_cap const *he_cap
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c:7952:22: got struct ieee80211_sta_he_cap const [noderef] __iftype_data *
>
> The problem here is that we are accessing sband->iftype_data directly even
> though we should use for_each_sband_iftype_data(). Now we iterate over each
> item in the array and use the correct vif type which this vif is using.
>
> Tested-on: WCN6855 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-03125-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-3.6510.23
>
> Reported-by: Johannes Berg <johannes at sipsolutions.net>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo at quicinc.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson at quicinc.com>
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