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# 87586467 04-Apr-2024 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

wifi: carl9170: re-fix fortified-memset warning

[ Upstream commit 066afafc10c9476ee36c47c9062527a17e763901 ]

The carl9170_tx_release() function sometimes triggers a fortified-memset
warning in my r

wifi: carl9170: re-fix fortified-memset warning

[ Upstream commit 066afafc10c9476ee36c47c9062527a17e763901 ]

The carl9170_tx_release() function sometimes triggers a fortified-memset
warning in my randconfig builds:

In file included from include/linux/string.h:254,
from drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:40:
In function 'fortify_memset_chk',
inlined from 'carl9170_tx_release' at drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:283:2,
inlined from 'kref_put' at include/linux/kref.h:65:3,
inlined from 'carl9170_tx_put_skb' at drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:342:9:
include/linux/fortify-string.h:493:25: error: call to '__write_overflow_field' declared with attribute warning: detected write beyond size of field (1st parameter); maybe use struct_group()? [-Werror=attribute-warning]
493 | __write_overflow_field(p_size_field, size);

Kees previously tried to avoid this by using memset_after(), but it seems
this does not fully address the problem. I noticed that the memset_after()
here is done on a different part of the union (status) than the original
cast was from (rate_driver_data), which may confuse the compiler.

Unfortunately, the memset_after() trick does not work on driver_rates[]
because that is part of an anonymous struct, and I could not get
struct_group() to do this either. Using two separate memset() calls
on the two members does address the warning though.

Fixes: fb5f6a0e8063b ("mac80211: Use memset_after() to clear tx status")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230623152443.2296825-1-arnd@kernel.org/
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@quicinc.com>
Link: https://msgid.link/20240328135509.3755090-2-arnd@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>

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Revision tags: v6.6.35, v6.6.34, v6.6.33, v6.6.32, v6.6.31, v6.6.30, v6.6.29, v6.6.28, v6.6.27, v6.6.26, v6.6.25
# 87586467 04-Apr-2024 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

wifi: carl9170: re-fix fortified-memset warning

[ Upstream commit 066afafc10c9476ee36c47c9062527a17e763901 ]

The carl9170_tx_release() function sometimes triggers a fortified-memset
warning in my r

wifi: carl9170: re-fix fortified-memset warning

[ Upstream commit 066afafc10c9476ee36c47c9062527a17e763901 ]

The carl9170_tx_release() function sometimes triggers a fortified-memset
warning in my randconfig builds:

In file included from include/linux/string.h:254,
from drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:40:
In function 'fortify_memset_chk',
inlined from 'carl9170_tx_release' at drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:283:2,
inlined from 'kref_put' at include/linux/kref.h:65:3,
inlined from 'carl9170_tx_put_skb' at drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:342:9:
include/linux/fortify-string.h:493:25: error: call to '__write_overflow_field' declared with attribute warning: detected write beyond size of field (1st parameter); maybe use struct_group()? [-Werror=attribute-warning]
493 | __write_overflow_field(p_size_field, size);

Kees previously tried to avoid this by using memset_after(), but it seems
this does not fully address the problem. I noticed that the memset_after()
here is done on a different part of the union (status) than the original
cast was from (rate_driver_data), which may confuse the compiler.

Unfortunately, the memset_after() trick does not work on driver_rates[]
because that is part of an anonymous struct, and I could not get
struct_group() to do this either. Using two separate memset() calls
on the two members does address the warning though.

Fixes: fb5f6a0e8063b ("mac80211: Use memset_after() to clear tx status")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230623152443.2296825-1-arnd@kernel.org/
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@quicinc.com>
Link: https://msgid.link/20240328135509.3755090-2-arnd@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>

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Revision tags: v6.6.35, v6.6.34, v6.6.33, v6.6.32, v6.6.31, v6.6.30, v6.6.29, v6.6.28, v6.6.27, v6.6.26, v6.6.25
# 87586467 04-Apr-2024 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

wifi: carl9170: re-fix fortified-memset warning

[ Upstream commit 066afafc10c9476ee36c47c9062527a17e763901 ]

The carl9170_tx_release() function sometimes triggers a fortified-memset
warning in my r

wifi: carl9170: re-fix fortified-memset warning

[ Upstream commit 066afafc10c9476ee36c47c9062527a17e763901 ]

The carl9170_tx_release() function sometimes triggers a fortified-memset
warning in my randconfig builds:

In file included from include/linux/string.h:254,
from drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:40:
In function 'fortify_memset_chk',
inlined from 'carl9170_tx_release' at drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:283:2,
inlined from 'kref_put' at include/linux/kref.h:65:3,
inlined from 'carl9170_tx_put_skb' at drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:342:9:
include/linux/fortify-string.h:493:25: error: call to '__write_overflow_field' declared with attribute warning: detected write beyond size of field (1st parameter); maybe use struct_group()? [-Werror=attribute-warning]
493 | __write_overflow_field(p_size_field, size);

Kees previously tried to avoid this by using memset_after(), but it seems
this does not fully address the problem. I noticed that the memset_after()
here is done on a different part of the union (status) than the original
cast was from (rate_driver_data), which may confuse the compiler.

Unfortunately, the memset_after() trick does not work on driver_rates[]
because that is part of an anonymous struct, and I could not get
struct_group() to do this either. Using two separate memset() calls
on the two members does address the warning though.

Fixes: fb5f6a0e8063b ("mac80211: Use memset_after() to clear tx status")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230623152443.2296825-1-arnd@kernel.org/
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@quicinc.com>
Link: https://msgid.link/20240328135509.3755090-2-arnd@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>

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Revision tags: v6.6.35, v6.6.34, v6.6.33, v6.6.32, v6.6.31, v6.6.30, v6.6.29, v6.6.28, v6.6.27, v6.6.26, v6.6.25
# 87586467 04-Apr-2024 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

wifi: carl9170: re-fix fortified-memset warning

[ Upstream commit 066afafc10c9476ee36c47c9062527a17e763901 ]

The carl9170_tx_release() function sometimes triggers a fortified-memset
warning in my r

wifi: carl9170: re-fix fortified-memset warning

[ Upstream commit 066afafc10c9476ee36c47c9062527a17e763901 ]

The carl9170_tx_release() function sometimes triggers a fortified-memset
warning in my randconfig builds:

In file included from include/linux/string.h:254,
from drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:40:
In function 'fortify_memset_chk',
inlined from 'carl9170_tx_release' at drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:283:2,
inlined from 'kref_put' at include/linux/kref.h:65:3,
inlined from 'carl9170_tx_put_skb' at drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:342:9:
include/linux/fortify-string.h:493:25: error: call to '__write_overflow_field' declared with attribute warning: detected write beyond size of field (1st parameter); maybe use struct_group()? [-Werror=attribute-warning]
493 | __write_overflow_field(p_size_field, size);

Kees previously tried to avoid this by using memset_after(), but it seems
this does not fully address the problem. I noticed that the memset_after()
here is done on a different part of the union (status) than the original
cast was from (rate_driver_data), which may confuse the compiler.

Unfortunately, the memset_after() trick does not work on driver_rates[]
because that is part of an anonymous struct, and I could not get
struct_group() to do this either. Using two separate memset() calls
on the two members does address the warning though.

Fixes: fb5f6a0e8063b ("mac80211: Use memset_after() to clear tx status")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230623152443.2296825-1-arnd@kernel.org/
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@quicinc.com>
Link: https://msgid.link/20240328135509.3755090-2-arnd@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>

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Revision tags: v6.6.35, v6.6.34, v6.6.33, v6.6.32, v6.6.31, v6.6.30, v6.6.29, v6.6.28, v6.6.27, v6.6.26, v6.6.25
# 87586467 04-Apr-2024 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

wifi: carl9170: re-fix fortified-memset warning

[ Upstream commit 066afafc10c9476ee36c47c9062527a17e763901 ]

The carl9170_tx_release() function sometimes triggers a fortified-memset
warning in my r

wifi: carl9170: re-fix fortified-memset warning

[ Upstream commit 066afafc10c9476ee36c47c9062527a17e763901 ]

The carl9170_tx_release() function sometimes triggers a fortified-memset
warning in my randconfig builds:

In file included from include/linux/string.h:254,
from drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:40:
In function 'fortify_memset_chk',
inlined from 'carl9170_tx_release' at drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:283:2,
inlined from 'kref_put' at include/linux/kref.h:65:3,
inlined from 'carl9170_tx_put_skb' at drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:342:9:
include/linux/fortify-string.h:493:25: error: call to '__write_overflow_field' declared with attribute warning: detected write beyond size of field (1st parameter); maybe use struct_group()? [-Werror=attribute-warning]
493 | __write_overflow_field(p_size_field, size);

Kees previously tried to avoid this by using memset_after(), but it seems
this does not fully address the problem. I noticed that the memset_after()
here is done on a different part of the union (status) than the original
cast was from (rate_driver_data), which may confuse the compiler.

Unfortunately, the memset_after() trick does not work on driver_rates[]
because that is part of an anonymous struct, and I could not get
struct_group() to do this either. Using two separate memset() calls
on the two members does address the warning though.

Fixes: fb5f6a0e8063b ("mac80211: Use memset_after() to clear tx status")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230623152443.2296825-1-arnd@kernel.org/
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@quicinc.com>
Link: https://msgid.link/20240328135509.3755090-2-arnd@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>

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Revision tags: v6.6.35, v6.6.34, v6.6.33, v6.6.32, v6.6.31, v6.6.30, v6.6.29, v6.6.28, v6.6.27, v6.6.26, v6.6.25
# 87586467 04-Apr-2024 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

wifi: carl9170: re-fix fortified-memset warning

[ Upstream commit 066afafc10c9476ee36c47c9062527a17e763901 ]

The carl9170_tx_release() function sometimes triggers a fortified-memset
warning in my r

wifi: carl9170: re-fix fortified-memset warning

[ Upstream commit 066afafc10c9476ee36c47c9062527a17e763901 ]

The carl9170_tx_release() function sometimes triggers a fortified-memset
warning in my randconfig builds:

In file included from include/linux/string.h:254,
from drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:40:
In function 'fortify_memset_chk',
inlined from 'carl9170_tx_release' at drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:283:2,
inlined from 'kref_put' at include/linux/kref.h:65:3,
inlined from 'carl9170_tx_put_skb' at drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:342:9:
include/linux/fortify-string.h:493:25: error: call to '__write_overflow_field' declared with attribute warning: detected write beyond size of field (1st parameter); maybe use struct_group()? [-Werror=attribute-warning]
493 | __write_overflow_field(p_size_field, size);

Kees previously tried to avoid this by using memset_after(), but it seems
this does not fully address the problem. I noticed that the memset_after()
here is done on a different part of the union (status) than the original
cast was from (rate_driver_data), which may confuse the compiler.

Unfortunately, the memset_after() trick does not work on driver_rates[]
because that is part of an anonymous struct, and I could not get
struct_group() to do this either. Using two separate memset() calls
on the two members does address the warning though.

Fixes: fb5f6a0e8063b ("mac80211: Use memset_after() to clear tx status")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230623152443.2296825-1-arnd@kernel.org/
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@quicinc.com>
Link: https://msgid.link/20240328135509.3755090-2-arnd@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>

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Revision tags: v6.6.35, v6.6.34, v6.6.33, v6.6.32, v6.6.31, v6.6.30, v6.6.29, v6.6.28, v6.6.27, v6.6.26, v6.6.25
# 87586467 04-Apr-2024 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

wifi: carl9170: re-fix fortified-memset warning

[ Upstream commit 066afafc10c9476ee36c47c9062527a17e763901 ]

The carl9170_tx_release() function sometimes triggers a fortified-memset
warning in my r

wifi: carl9170: re-fix fortified-memset warning

[ Upstream commit 066afafc10c9476ee36c47c9062527a17e763901 ]

The carl9170_tx_release() function sometimes triggers a fortified-memset
warning in my randconfig builds:

In file included from include/linux/string.h:254,
from drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:40:
In function 'fortify_memset_chk',
inlined from 'carl9170_tx_release' at drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:283:2,
inlined from 'kref_put' at include/linux/kref.h:65:3,
inlined from 'carl9170_tx_put_skb' at drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:342:9:
include/linux/fortify-string.h:493:25: error: call to '__write_overflow_field' declared with attribute warning: detected write beyond size of field (1st parameter); maybe use struct_group()? [-Werror=attribute-warning]
493 | __write_overflow_field(p_size_field, size);

Kees previously tried to avoid this by using memset_after(), but it seems
this does not fully address the problem. I noticed that the memset_after()
here is done on a different part of the union (status) than the original
cast was from (rate_driver_data), which may confuse the compiler.

Unfortunately, the memset_after() trick does not work on driver_rates[]
because that is part of an anonymous struct, and I could not get
struct_group() to do this either. Using two separate memset() calls
on the two members does address the warning though.

Fixes: fb5f6a0e8063b ("mac80211: Use memset_after() to clear tx status")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230623152443.2296825-1-arnd@kernel.org/
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@quicinc.com>
Link: https://msgid.link/20240328135509.3755090-2-arnd@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>

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Revision tags: v6.6.24, v6.6.23, v6.6.16, v6.6.15, v6.6.14, v6.6.13, v6.6.12, v6.6.11, v6.6.10, v6.6.9, v6.6.8, v6.6.7, v6.6.6, v6.6.5, v6.6.4, v6.6.3, v6.6.2, v6.5.11, v6.6.1, v6.5.10, v6.6, v6.5.9, v6.5.8, v6.5.7, v6.5.6, v6.5.5, v6.5.4, v6.5.3, v6.5.2, v6.1.51, v6.5.1, v6.1.50, v6.5, v6.1.49, v6.1.48, v6.1.46, v6.1.45, v6.1.44, v6.1.43, v6.1.42, v6.1.41, v6.1.40, v6.1.39, v6.1.38, v6.1.37, v6.1.36, v6.4, v6.1.35, v6.1.34, v6.1.33, v6.1.32, v6.1.31, v6.1.30, v6.1.29, v6.1.28, v6.1.27, v6.1.26, v6.3, v6.1.25, v6.1.24, v6.1.23, v6.1.22, v6.1.21, v6.1.20, v6.1.19, v6.1.18, v6.1.17, v6.1.16, v6.1.15, v6.1.14, v6.1.13, v6.2, v6.1.12, v6.1.11, v6.1.10, v6.1.9, v6.1.8, v6.1.7, v6.1.6, v6.1.5, v6.0.19, v6.0.18, v6.1.4, v6.1.3, v6.0.17, v6.1.2, v6.0.16, v6.1.1, v6.0.15, v6.0.14, v6.0.13, v6.1, v6.0.12, v6.0.11, v6.0.10, v5.15.80, v6.0.9, v5.15.79, v6.0.8, v5.15.78, v6.0.7, v5.15.77, v5.15.76, v6.0.6, v6.0.5, v5.15.75, v6.0.4, v6.0.3, v6.0.2, v5.15.74, v5.15.73, v6.0.1, v5.15.72, v6.0, v5.15.71, v5.15.70, v5.15.69, v5.15.68, v5.15.67, v5.15.66, v5.15.65, v5.15.64, v5.15.63, v5.15.62, v5.15.61, v5.15.60, v5.15.59, v5.19, v5.15.58, v5.15.57, v5.15.56, v5.15.55, v5.15.54, v5.15.53, v5.15.52, v5.15.51, v5.15.50, v5.15.49, v5.15.48, v5.15.47, v5.15.46
# 6e8912a5 06-Jun-2022 Shaul Triebitz <shaul.triebitz@intel.com>

wifi: mac80211: return a beacon for a specific link

Pass the link id through to the get_beacon and return
the beacon for a specific link id.

Signed-off-by: Shaul Triebitz <shaul.triebitz@intel.com>

wifi: mac80211: return a beacon for a specific link

Pass the link id through to the get_beacon and return
the beacon for a specific link id.

Signed-off-by: Shaul Triebitz <shaul.triebitz@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

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Revision tags: v5.15.45, v5.15.44, v5.15.43, v5.15.42, v5.18, v5.15.41, v5.15.40, v5.15.39, v5.15.38, v5.15.37, v5.15.36, v5.15.35, v5.15.34, v5.15.33
# 54a6f295 28-Mar-2022 Xiaomeng Tong <xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com>

carl9170: tx: fix an incorrect use of list iterator

If the previous list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu() don't exit early
(no goto hit inside the loop), the iterator 'cvif' after the loop
will be a bo

carl9170: tx: fix an incorrect use of list iterator

If the previous list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu() don't exit early
(no goto hit inside the loop), the iterator 'cvif' after the loop
will be a bogus pointer to an invalid structure object containing
the HEAD (&ar->vif_list). As a result, the use of 'cvif' after that
will lead to a invalid memory access (i.e., 'cvif->id': the invalid
pointer dereference when return back to/after the callsite in the
carl9170_update_beacon()).

The original intention should have been to return the valid 'cvif'
when found in list, NULL otherwise. So just return NULL when no
entry found, to fix this bug.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 1f1d9654e183c ("carl9170: refactor carl9170_update_beacon")
Signed-off-by: Xiaomeng Tong <xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@quicinc.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220328122820.1004-1-xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com

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# 046d2e7c 04-Apr-2022 Sriram R <quic_srirrama@quicinc.com>

mac80211: prepare sta handling for MLO support

Currently in mac80211 each STA object is represented
using sta_info datastructure with the associated
STA specific information and drivers access ieee8

mac80211: prepare sta handling for MLO support

Currently in mac80211 each STA object is represented
using sta_info datastructure with the associated
STA specific information and drivers access ieee80211_sta
part of it.

With MLO (Multi Link Operation) support being added
in 802.11be standard, though the association is logically
with a single Multi Link capable STA, at the physical level
communication can happen via different advertised
links (uniquely identified by Channel, operating class,
BSSID) and hence the need to handle multiple link
STA parameters within a composite sta_info object
called the MLD STA. The different link STA part of
MLD STA are identified using the link address which can
be same or different as the MLD STA address and unique
link id based on the link vif.

To support extension of such a model, the sta_info
datastructure is modified to hold multiple link STA
objects with link specific params currently within
sta_info moved to this new structure. Similarly this is
done for ieee80211_sta as well which will be accessed
within mac80211 as well as by drivers, hence trivial
driver changes are expected to support this.

For current non MLO supported drivers, only one link STA
is present and link information is accessed via 'deflink'
member.

For MLO drivers, we still need to define the APIs etc. to
get the correct link ID and access the correct part of
the station info.

Currently in mac80211, all link STA info are accessed directly
via deflink. These will be updated to access via link pointers
indexed by link id with MLO support patches, with link id
being 0 for non MLO supported cases.

Except for couple of macro related changes, below spatch takes
care of updating mac80211 and driver code to access to the
link STA info via deflink.

@ieee80211_sta@
struct ieee80211_sta *s;
struct sta_info *si;
identifier var = {supp_rates, ht_cap, vht_cap, he_cap, he_6ghz_capa, eht_cap, rx_nss, bandwidth, txpwr};
@@

(
s->
- var
+ deflink.var
|
si->sta.
- var
+ deflink.var
)

@sta_info@
struct sta_info *si;
identifier var = {gtk, pcpu_rx_stats, rx_stats, rx_stats_avg, status_stats, tx_stats, cur_max_bandwidth};
@@

(
si->
- var
+ deflink.var
)

Signed-off-by: Sriram R <quic_srirrama@quicinc.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1649086883-13246-1-git-send-email-quic_srirrama@quicinc.com
[remove MLO-drivers notes from commit message, not clear yet; run spatch]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

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# fb5f6a0e 18-Nov-2021 Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

mac80211: Use memset_after() to clear tx status

In preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE performing compile-time and run-time
field bounds checking for memset(), avoid intentionally writing across
neighbor

mac80211: Use memset_after() to clear tx status

In preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE performing compile-time and run-time
field bounds checking for memset(), avoid intentionally writing across
neighboring fields.

Use memset_after() so memset() doesn't get confused about writing
beyond the destination member that is intended to be the starting point
of zeroing through the end of the struct.

Additionally fix the common helper, ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status(),
which was not clearing ack_signal, but the open-coded versions
did. Johannes Berg points out this bug was introduced by commit
e3e1a0bcb3f1 ("mac80211: reduce IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES") but was harmless.

Also drops the associated unneeded BUILD_BUG_ON()s, and adds a note to
carl9170 about usage.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Tested-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com> [both CARL9170+P54USB on real HW]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211118203839.1289276-1-keescook@chromium.org
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

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# 9161ae1c 28-Mar-2022 Xiaomeng Tong <xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com>

carl9170: tx: fix an incorrect use of list iterator

commit 54a6f29522da3c914da30e50721dedf51046449a upstream.

If the previous list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu() don't exit early
(no goto hit inside

carl9170: tx: fix an incorrect use of list iterator

commit 54a6f29522da3c914da30e50721dedf51046449a upstream.

If the previous list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu() don't exit early
(no goto hit inside the loop), the iterator 'cvif' after the loop
will be a bogus pointer to an invalid structure object containing
the HEAD (&ar->vif_list). As a result, the use of 'cvif' after that
will lead to a invalid memory access (i.e., 'cvif->id': the invalid
pointer dereference when return back to/after the callsite in the
carl9170_update_beacon()).

The original intention should have been to return the valid 'cvif'
when found in list, NULL otherwise. So just return NULL when no
entry found, to fix this bug.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 1f1d9654e183c ("carl9170: refactor carl9170_update_beacon")
Signed-off-by: Xiaomeng Tong <xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@quicinc.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220328122820.1004-1-xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

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# 9161ae1c 28-Mar-2022 Xiaomeng Tong <xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com>

carl9170: tx: fix an incorrect use of list iterator

commit 54a6f29522da3c914da30e50721dedf51046449a upstream.

If the previous list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu() don't exit early
(no goto hit inside

carl9170: tx: fix an incorrect use of list iterator

commit 54a6f29522da3c914da30e50721dedf51046449a upstream.

If the previous list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu() don't exit early
(no goto hit inside the loop), the iterator 'cvif' after the loop
will be a bogus pointer to an invalid structure object containing
the HEAD (&ar->vif_list). As a result, the use of 'cvif' after that
will lead to a invalid memory access (i.e., 'cvif->id': the invalid
pointer dereference when return back to/after the callsite in the
carl9170_update_beacon()).

The original intention should have been to return the valid 'cvif'
when found in list, NULL otherwise. So just return NULL when no
entry found, to fix this bug.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 1f1d9654e183c ("carl9170: refactor carl9170_update_beacon")
Signed-off-by: Xiaomeng Tong <xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@quicinc.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220328122820.1004-1-xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

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# cf366b15 02-Apr-2021 Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>

carl9170: remove get_tid_h

'get_tid_h()' is the same as 'ieee80211_get_tid()'.
So this function can be removed to save a few lines of code.

Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wan

carl9170: remove get_tid_h

'get_tid_h()' is the same as 'ieee80211_get_tid()'.
So this function can be removed to save a few lines of code.

Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
Acked-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/68efad7a597159e22771d37fc8b4a8a613866d60.1617399010.git.christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr

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# e2cb1116 08-Dec-2020 Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>

carl9170: Fix fall-through warnings for Clang

In preparation to enable -Wimplicit-fallthrough for Clang, fix a warning
by explicitly adding a break statement instead of letting the code fall
through

carl9170: Fix fall-through warnings for Clang

In preparation to enable -Wimplicit-fallthrough for Clang, fix a warning
by explicitly adding a break statement instead of letting the code fall
through to the next case.

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/115
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/04257418814755f081fa0ac14a61b01328cdc4ed.1605896059.git.gustavoars@kernel.org

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# 859228a3 27-Aug-2020 Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>

carl9170: Convert 'ar9170_qmap' to inline function

'ar9170_qmap' is used in some source files which include carl9170.h,
but not all of them. A 'defined but not used' warning is thrown when
compilin

carl9170: Convert 'ar9170_qmap' to inline function

'ar9170_qmap' is used in some source files which include carl9170.h,
but not all of them. A 'defined but not used' warning is thrown when
compiling the ones which do not use it.

Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s)

from drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/carl9170.h:57,
In file included from drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/carl9170.h:57,
drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/carl9170.h:71:17: warning: ‘ar9170_qmap’ defined but not used [-Wunused-const-variable=]

NB: Snipped - lots of these repeat

Cc: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Suggested-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200827093351.GA1627017@dell

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# 6df74f61 21-Aug-2020 Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>

carl9170: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword

Replace the existing /* fall through */ comments and its variants with
the new pseudo-keyword macro fallthrough[1].

[1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.7

carl9170: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword

Replace the existing /* fall through */ comments and its variants with
the new pseudo-keyword macro fallthrough[1].

[1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.7/process/deprecated.html?highlight=fallthrough#implicit-switch-case-fall-through

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200821065204.GA24827@embeddedor

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# f458f9f4 22-Oct-2018 Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@embeddedor.com>

carl9170: tx: mark expected switch fall-throughs

In preparation to enabling -Wimplicit-fallthrough, mark switch cases
where we are expecting to fall through.

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gus

carl9170: tx: mark expected switch fall-throughs

In preparation to enabling -Wimplicit-fallthrough, mark switch cases
where we are expecting to fall through.

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@embeddedor.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>

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# 7e41fb50 31-Aug-2018 Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@gmail.com>

wireless: remove unnecessary unlikely()

Both WARN_ON() and WARN_ON_ONCE() already contain unlikely().

Signed-off-by: Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@huawei.com>
Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Cc: C

wireless: remove unnecessary unlikely()

Both WARN_ON() and WARN_ON_ONCE() already contain unlikely().

Signed-off-by: Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@huawei.com>
Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Cc: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@tieto.com>
Cc: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Linux Wireless Mailing List <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>

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# d58ff351 16-Jun-2017 Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

networking: make skb_push & __skb_push return void pointers

It seems like a historic accident that these return unsigned char *,
and in many places that means casts are required, more often than not

networking: make skb_push & __skb_push return void pointers

It seems like a historic accident that these return unsigned char *,
and in many places that means casts are required, more often than not.

Make these functions return void * and remove all the casts across
the tree, adding a (u8 *) cast only where the unsigned char pointer
was used directly, all done with the following spatch:

@@
expression SKB, LEN;
typedef u8;
identifier fn = { skb_push, __skb_push, skb_push_rcsum };
@@
- *(fn(SKB, LEN))
+ *(u8 *)fn(SKB, LEN)

@@
expression E, SKB, LEN;
identifier fn = { skb_push, __skb_push, skb_push_rcsum };
type T;
@@
- E = ((T *)(fn(SKB, LEN)))
+ E = fn(SKB, LEN)

@@
expression SKB, LEN;
identifier fn = { skb_push, __skb_push, skb_push_rcsum };
@@
- fn(SKB, LEN)[0]
+ *(u8 *)fn(SKB, LEN)

Note that the last part there converts from push(...)[0] to the
more idiomatic *(u8 *)push(...).

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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# 57fbcce3 12-Apr-2016 Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

cfg80211: remove enum ieee80211_band

This enum is already perfectly aliased to enum nl80211_band, and
the only reason for it is that we get IEEE80211_NUM_BANDS out of
it. There's no really good reas

cfg80211: remove enum ieee80211_band

This enum is already perfectly aliased to enum nl80211_band, and
the only reason for it is that we get IEEE80211_NUM_BANDS out of
it. There's no really good reason to not declare the number of
bands in nl80211 though, so do that and remove the cfg80211 one.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

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# 6a5d088a 27-Aug-2014 Andreea-Cristina Bernat <bernat.ada@gmail.com>

carl9170: tx: Replace rcu_assign_pointer() with RCU_INIT_POINTER()

According to RCU_INIT_POINTER()'s block comment 3.a, it can be used if
"3. The referenced data structure has already been exposed

carl9170: tx: Replace rcu_assign_pointer() with RCU_INIT_POINTER()

According to RCU_INIT_POINTER()'s block comment 3.a, it can be used if
"3. The referenced data structure has already been exposed to readers either
at compile time or via rcu_assign_pointer() -and-
a. You have not made -any- reader-visible changes to this structure since
then".

This case fulfills the conditions above because between the rcu_dereference()
call (cvif = rcu_dereference(ar->beacon_iter);) and the rcu_assign_pointer()
call there is no update of the "cvif" variable.
Therefore, this patch makes the replacement.

The following Coccinelle semantic patch was used:
@@
identifier v;
@@

v = rcu_dereference(...);
... when != rcu_dereference(...);
when != v = ...;
when != (<+...v...+>)++;
when != \(memcpy\|memset\)(...);
(
- rcu_assign_pointer
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER
(..., v);
|
if(...) {
... when != v = ...;
- rcu_assign_pointer
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER
(..., v);
... when any
}
)

Because there are cases where between a “rcu_dereference()” call and a
“rcu_assign_pointer()” call might be updates of the value that interests us,
the Coccinelle semantic patch ignores them and replaces with
"RCU_INIT_POINTER()" only when the update is not happening.

Signed-off-by: Andreea-Cristina Bernat <bernat.ada@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

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Revision tags: v3.17-rc2, v3.17-rc1, v3.16, v3.16-rc7, v3.16-rc6, v3.16-rc5, v3.16-rc4, v3.16-rc3, v3.16-rc2, v3.16-rc1, v3.15, v3.15-rc8, v3.15-rc7, v3.15-rc6, v3.15-rc5, v3.15-rc4, v3.15-rc3, v3.15-rc2, v3.15-rc1, v3.14, v3.14-rc8, v3.14-rc7, v3.14-rc6, v3.14-rc5, v3.14-rc4, v3.14-rc3, v3.14-rc2, v3.14-rc1, v3.13, v3.13-rc8, v3.13-rc7
# c8bf40ad 02-Jan-2014 Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>

wireless: delete non-required instances of include <linux/init.h>

None of these files are actually using any __init type directives
and hence don't need to include <linux/init.h>. Most are just a
l

wireless: delete non-required instances of include <linux/init.h>

None of these files are actually using any __init type directives
and hence don't need to include <linux/init.h>. Most are just a
left over from __devinit and __cpuinit removal, or simply due to
code getting copied from one driver to the next.

Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Acked-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Acked-by: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

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Revision tags: v3.13-rc6, v3.13-rc5, v3.13-rc4, v3.13-rc3, v3.13-rc2, v3.13-rc1, v3.12, v3.12-rc7, v3.12-rc6, v3.12-rc5, v3.12-rc4, v3.12-rc3, v3.12-rc2, v3.12-rc1, v3.11, v3.11-rc7, v3.11-rc6, v3.11-rc5, v3.11-rc4, v3.11-rc3, v3.11-rc2, v3.11-rc1, v3.10, v3.10-rc7, v3.10-rc6
# 9ad86ed3 12-Jun-2013 Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>

carl9170: add support for the new rate control API

With the new rate control API, the driver can now apply the
tx rate to outgoing frames just before they are uploaded to
the device. This is importa

carl9170: add support for the new rate control API

With the new rate control API, the driver can now apply the
tx rate to outgoing frames just before they are uploaded to
the device. This is important because the rate control can
now react to fading or improving links a bit sooner.

Also, the driver no longer needs to sort the outgoing frames
for sample attempts (which affected the size of A-MPDUs and
the throughput of the link). For aggregated data frames, the
driver (and rate control) needs only to calculate and apply
a single set of tx rates to every subframe of the whole
aggregate.

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

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Revision tags: v3.10-rc5, v3.10-rc4, v3.10-rc3, v3.10-rc2, v3.10-rc1, v3.9, v3.9-rc8, v3.9-rc7, v3.9-rc6, v3.9-rc5, v3.9-rc4, v3.9-rc3, v3.9-rc2, v3.9-rc1
# 5f34608f 21-Feb-2013 Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>

carl9170: fix frame drop and WARN due to minstrel_ht change

With "mac80211/minstrel_ht: add support for using CCK rates"
minstrel_ht selects legacy CCK rates as viable rates for
outgoing frames whic

carl9170: fix frame drop and WARN due to minstrel_ht change

With "mac80211/minstrel_ht: add support for using CCK rates"
minstrel_ht selects legacy CCK rates as viable rates for
outgoing frames which might be sent as part of an A-MPDU
[IEEE80211_TX_CTL_AMPDU is set].

This behavior triggered the following WARN_ON in the driver:
> WARNING: at carl9170/tx.c:995 carl9170_op_tx+0x1dd/0x6fd
The driver assumed that the rate control algorithm made a
mistake and dropped the frame.

This patch removes the noisy warning altogether and allows
said A-MPDU frames with CCK sample and/or fallback rates to
be transmitted seamlessly.

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

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