netdev - [PATCH] libertas: skb dereferenced after netif

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Date:	Wed, 16 May 2007 17:01:27 -0400
From:	Florin Malita <fmalita@...il.com>
To:	marcelo@...ck.org, linville@...hat.com
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] libertas: skb dereferenced after netif_rx

In libertas_process_rxed_packet() and process_rxed_802_11_packet() the 
skb is dereferenced after being passed to netif_rx (called from 
libertas_upload_rx_packet). Spotted by Coverity (1658, 1659).

Also, libertas_upload_rx_packet() unconditionally returns 0 so the error 
check is dead code - might as well take it out.


Signed-off-by: Florin Malita <fmalita@...il.com>
---

 rx.c |   18 ++++--------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/rx.c
index d17924f..5e98055 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/rx.c
@@ -269,15 +269,11 @@ int libertas_process_rxed_packet(wlan_private * priv, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	wlan_compute_rssi(priv, p_rx_pd);
 
 	lbs_pr_debug(1, "RX Data: size of actual packet = %d\n", skb->len);
-	if (libertas_upload_rx_packet(priv, skb)) {
-		lbs_pr_debug(1, "RX error: libertas_upload_rx_packet"
-		       " returns failure\n");
-		ret = -1;
-		goto done;
-	}
 	priv->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len;
 	priv->stats.rx_packets++;
 
+	libertas_upload_rx_packet(priv, skb);
+
 	ret = 0;
 done:
 	LEAVE();
@@ -438,17 +434,11 @@ static int process_rxed_802_11_packet(wlan_private * priv, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	wlan_compute_rssi(priv, prxpd);
 
 	lbs_pr_debug(1, "RX Data: size of actual packet = %d\n", skb->len);
-
-	if (libertas_upload_rx_packet(priv, skb)) {
-		lbs_pr_debug(1, "RX error: libertas_upload_rx_packet "
-			"returns failure\n");
-		ret = -1;
-		goto done;
-	}
-
 	priv->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len;
 	priv->stats.rx_packets++;
 
+	libertas_upload_rx_packet(priv, skb);
+
 	ret = 0;
 done:
 	LEAVE();

-
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