netdev - Re: iwlwifi: mvm: add reorder buffer per queue

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Date:	Mon, 16 May 2016 14:41:35 +0300
From:	Luca Coelho <luca@...lho.fi>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>, sara.sharon@...el.com
Cc:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: iwlwifi: mvm: add reorder buffer per queue

On Fri, 2016-05-13 at 11:54 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> Hello Sara Sharon,
> 
> The patch b915c10174fb: "iwlwifi: mvm: add reorder buffer per queue"
> from Mar 23, 2016, leads to the following static checker warnings:
> 
> 	drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rxmq.c:912
> iwl_mvm_rx_mpdu_mq()
> 	error: potential NULL dereference 'sta'.
> 
> 	drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rxmq.c:912
> iwl_mvm_rx_mpdu_mq()
> 	error: we previously assumed 'sta' could be null (see line 796)

Thanks for the analysis and report, Dan!

I have queued a fix for this through our internal tree.

--
Cheers,
Luca.