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Dan Carpenter reported that smatch detected a potential
problem with the code [1]:
drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:1488 carl9170_op_tx()
error: we previously assumed 'sta' could be null (see line 1482)
drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c
1482 if (sta) {
^^^^^ New check.
[...]
1485 }
1487 if (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_AMPDU) {
1488 run = carl9170_tx_ampdu_queue(ar, sta, skb);
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Old dereference of "sta" inside the call to carl9170_tx_ampdu_queue().
A range of solutions have been discussed in [2] and
we agreed on the following: "
> we might as well add a comment to carl9170_tx_ampdu_queue
> and explain the situation [in a way that's obvious to a
> human reader]. This way we can save the "if"... which is
> a small win since carl9170_op_tx is sort of a hot-path.
Putting a comment there is fine. Without the comment
it's easy for a human reader to get confused why the
check is there. So long as humans can read the code,
that's all that matters."
[1] <http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg94526.html>
[2] <http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-kernel-janitors/msg14953.html>
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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| iwlwifi | ||
| libertas | ||
| libertas_tf | ||
| mwifiex | ||
| orinoco | ||
| p54 | ||
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| rt2x00 | ||
| rtl818x | ||
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| ti | ||
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| adm8211.c | ||
| adm8211.h | ||
| airo.c | ||
| airo.h | ||
| airo_cs.c | ||
| at76c50x-usb.c | ||
| at76c50x-usb.h | ||
| atmel.c | ||
| atmel.h | ||
| atmel_cs.c | ||
| atmel_pci.c | ||
| Kconfig | ||
| mac80211_hwsim.c | ||
| mac80211_hwsim.h | ||
| Makefile | ||
| mwl8k.c | ||
| ray_cs.c | ||
| ray_cs.h | ||
| rayctl.h | ||
| rndis_wlan.c | ||
| wl3501.h | ||
| wl3501_cs.c | ||
| zd1201.c | ||
| zd1201.h | ||