linux-kernel - [2.6 patch] dvb_net_ule(): fix check-after-use

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Date:	Tue, 14 Aug 2007 23:22:41 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	v4l-dvb-maintainer@...uxtv.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [2.6 patch] dvb_net_ule(): fix check-after-use

The Coverity checker spotted that we'd have already oops'ed if "dev"
was NULL.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>

---
--- linux-2.6.23-rc1-mm2/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.c.old	2007-08-08 06:17:19.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.23-rc1-mm2/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.c	2007-08-08 06:17:35.000000000 +0200
@@ -346,33 +346,28 @@
 static void dvb_net_ule( struct net_device *dev, const u8 *buf, size_t buf_len )
 {
 	struct dvb_net_priv *priv = dev->priv;
 	unsigned long skipped = 0L;
 	const u8 *ts, *ts_end, *from_where = NULL;
 	u8 ts_remain = 0, how_much = 0, new_ts = 1;
 	struct ethhdr *ethh = NULL;
 
 #ifdef ULE_DEBUG
 	/* The code inside ULE_DEBUG keeps a history of the last 100 TS cells processed. */
 	static unsigned char ule_hist[100*TS_SZ];
 	static unsigned char *ule_where = ule_hist, ule_dump = 0;
 #endif
 
-	if (dev == NULL) {
-		printk( KERN_ERR "NO netdev struct!\n" );
-		return;
-	}
-
 	/* For all TS cells in current buffer.
 	 * Appearently, we are called for every single TS cell.
 	 */
 	for (ts = buf, ts_end = buf + buf_len; ts < ts_end; /* no default incr. */ ) {
 
 		if (new_ts) {
 			/* We are about to process a new TS cell. */
 
 #ifdef ULE_DEBUG
 			if (ule_where >= &ule_hist[100*TS_SZ]) ule_where = ule_hist;
 			memcpy( ule_where, ts, TS_SZ );
 			if (ule_dump) {
 				hexdump( ule_where, TS_SZ );
 				ule_dump = 0;

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