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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] cw1200: fix incorrect check to determine if no element is found in list
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Xiaomeng Tong <xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com> wrote:

> The bug is here: "} else if (item) {".
>
> The list iterator value will *always* be set and non-NULL by
> list_for_each_entry(), so it is incorrect to assume that the iterator
> value will be NULL if the list is empty or no element is found in list.
>
> Use a new value 'iter' as the list iterator, while use the old value
> 'item' as a dedicated pointer to point to the found element, which
> 1. can fix this bug, due to now 'item' is NULL only if it's not found.
> 2. do not need to change all the uses of 'item' after the loop.
> 3. can also limit the scope of the list iterator 'iter' *only inside*
> the traversal loop by simply declaring 'iter' inside the loop in the
> future, as usage of the iterator outside of the list_for_each_entry
> is considered harmful. https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/2/17/1032
>
> Fixes: a910e4a94f692 ("cw1200: add driver for the ST-E CW1100 & CW1200 WLAN chipsets")
> Signed-off-by: Xiaomeng Tong <xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com>

Failed to apply, please rebase on top of latest wireless-next.

Recorded preimage for 'drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/queue.c'
error: Failed to merge in the changes.
hint: Use 'git am --show-current-patch=diff' to see the failed patch
Applying: cw1200: fix incorrect check to determine if no element is found in list
Using index info to reconstruct a base tree...
M drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/queue.c
Falling back to patching base and 3-way merge...
Auto-merging drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/queue.c
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/queue.c
Patch failed at 0001 cw1200: fix incorrect check to determine if no element is found in list

Patch set to Changes Requested.

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20220320035436.11293-1-xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches

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