Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: mt76: mt7915: add support for MT7981

From: Kalle Valo <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 14:08:22 +0300

Daniel Golle <[email-masked]> writes:

> On Sun, May 14, 2023 at 04:53:43PM +0200, Simon Horman wrote:
>> On Sat, May 13, 2023 at 03:35:51PM +0200, Daniel Golle wrote:
>> > From: Alexander Couzens <[email-masked]>
>> > 
>> > Add support for the MediaTek MT7981 SoC which is similar to the MT7986
>> > but with a newer IP cores and only 2x ARM Cortex-A53 instead of 4x.
>> > Unlike MT7986 the MT7981 can only connect a single wireless frontend,
>> > usually MT7976 is used for DBDC.
>> > 
>> > Signed-off-by: Alexander Couzens <[email-masked]>
>> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <[email-masked]>
>> 
>> ...
>> 
>> > @@ -489,7 +516,10 @@ static int mt7986_wmac_adie_patch_7976(struct mt7915_dev *dev, u8 adie)
>> >  		rg_xo_01 = 0x1d59080f;
>> >  		rg_xo_03 = 0x34c00fe0;
>> >  	} else {
>> > -		rg_xo_01 = 0x1959f80f;
>> > +		if (is_mt7981(&dev->mt76))
>> > +			rg_xo_01 = 0x1959c80f;
>> > +		else if (is_mt7986(&dev->mt76))
>> > +			rg_xo_01 = 0x1959f80f;
>> 
>> Hi Daniel,
>> 
>> 		rg_xo_01 will be used uninitialised below if we get here
>> 		and neither of the conditions above are true.
>> 
>> 		Can this occur?
>
> No, it cannot occur. Either of is_mt7981() or is_mt7986() will return
> true, as the driver is bound via one of the two compatibles
> 'mediatek,mt7986-wmac' or newly added 'mediatek,mt7981-wmac'.
> Based on that the match_data is either 0x7986 or 0x7981, which is then
> used as chip_id, which is used by the is_mt7981() and is_mt7986()
> functions.

But what if later more changes are made, for example a third compatible
is added? It would be good to add a warning or something else to protect
that.

And I would not be a surpised if a compiler or static analyser would
even warn about the uninitialised variable.

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