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SubjectRe: [PATCH net-next 2/8] wifi: ath9k: silence array-bounds warning on GCC 12
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+ arnd, kees, lkml

Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> writes:

> GCC 12 says:
>
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.c: In function ‘ath9k_hw_resettxqueue’:
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.c:373:22: warning: array subscript
> 32 is above array bounds of ‘struct ath9k_tx_queue_info[10]’
> [-Warray-bounds]
> 373 | qi = &ah->txq[q];
> | ~~~~~~~^~~
>
> I don't know where it got the 32 from, relegate the warning to W=1+.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
> ---
> CC: toke@toke.dk
> CC: kvalo@kernel.org
> CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Makefile | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Makefile b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Makefile
> index eff94bcd1f0a..9bdfcee2f448 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Makefile
> @@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ ath9k_hw-y:= \
> ar9003_eeprom.o \
> ar9003_paprd.o
>
> +# FIXME: temporarily silence -Warray-bounds on non W=1+ builds
> +ifndef KBUILD_EXTRA_WARN
> +CFLAGS_mac.o += -Wno-array-bounds
> +endif

There are now four wireless drivers which need this hack. Wouldn't it be
easier to add -Wno-array-bounds for GCC 12 globally instead of adding
the same hack to multiple drivers?

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